Virginia will buy a stretch of rail tracks in southwest Virginia to bring passenger service to an area west of Roanoke for the first time in more than four decades, Gov. Ralph Northam (D ...

Importantly, this will yield economic dividends from Northern to Southwest Virginia, both through the necessary infrastructure improvements and additional use of the rail lines.” “The ...

home to Virginia Tech. That means service will be returning to the New River Valley, the area southwest of Roanoke, for the first time since 1979. “Bringing passenger rail service back to the ...

RICHMOND — Virginia will break ground on several long-awaited rail projects next year and ... to the underserved but growing regions in Southwest Virginia and along the heavily trafficked ...

Ralph Northam said. “A key part of our Transforming Rail in Virginia program, the Western Rail Initiative will support critical infrastructure improvements necessary to modernize our ...

Tennis, a longtime reporter for the Bristol Herald Courier, has written numerous articles about rail-trails in Southwest Virginia and how these abandoned rail routes have been transformed into “ ...

The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) and Norfolk Southern (NS ... Amtrak regional daily service in southwest Virginia began in October 2009 with one round-trip between Lynchburg and Washington ...

Beth Rhinehart, of the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, serves on the committee, and is giving Southwest Virginia a seat at the table. "There's continued work to expand and enhance the rail that is ...

It coincided with hosting a town hall featuring elected officials and representatives of Virginia and Tennessee’s transportation departments and the Federal Railroad Administration. Beth ...