Passenger rail service is now more than just a dream for New River Valley area residents. Ed Lawhorn, a member of the New River Valley Rail 2020 Steering Committee, provided an update Tuesday to Pulaski Town Council on the push to bring passenger rail service to the area. Lawhorn said that, back in 2010-11 in[…]
Amtrak said 2,770 people boarded in Roanoke during the first 30 days after the passenger railroad resumed running trains here, from Oct. 31 through Nov. 30. That equated to 92 riders a day. The ridership forecast is for 38,000 riders during the first year, according to Amtrak. That would equate to 104 riders a day.[…]
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[…]
The New River Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) selected two Christiansburg sites as possible locations for an Amtrak passenger rail station. Working with the New River Valley Regional Commission (NRVRC) and NRV Rail 2020, a NRV-wide community group spearheading the effort, the MPO selected two sites in Christiansburg east and west of North Franklin Street[…]
BLACKSBURG, April 14, 2015 — Leaders from throughout Virginia’s New River Valley region have formed a partnership to bring passenger rail service to the area by 2020. With AMTRAK passenger rail coming to Roanoke in 2017, community leaders are hopeful that the Commonwealth of Virginia will support extending the service to communities comprising the largest[…]