Day: September 20, 2017

NEW RIVER VALLEY, Va. (WDBJ7) As Roanoke prepares for an Amtrak station to open in October, other hometowns are planning to stretch the line further west. Legislators met Wednesday night to discuss the plan to open a station in Christiansburg to serve the New River Valley. Based on everything discussed it’s possible a station will[…]

RADFORD — Thanks to a shot of financial stimulation from the state , the prospect of passenger rail service in and out of the New River Valley appears more likely. The Commonwealth Transportation Board has agreed to allocate $350,000 out of its budget for an operational analysis study, conducted by Norfolk Southern Railway, that would[…]