 Acquisition of the Washington Southern Railroad helped expand the line into Washington, D.C..In 1919, a two-story railroad station was built to replace the original station, but as the USMC base began to encroach on the area, RF&P was ordered to rebuild the station in 1953 in order to conform to similar design standards of the base.RF&P ceased passenger operations in 1971 and the station has been used by Amtrak ever since then.