The Richmond area soon will lose one daily Amtrak train to and from Washington, D.C., as work begins on a new railroad bridge across the Potomac River that ultimately will ...
With a key vote looming this week on the future of the Shenandoah Valley’s dormant rail corridor, nine towns along the line ...
Kristi K. Higgins, The Social Butterfly, rides the rails through VA's Shenandoah Valley. The Blue Ridge Flyer departs from ...
RICHMOND, Va. — Governor Ralph Northam on Thursday announced an agreement to expand reliability and service on Virginia’s rail lines. The agreement is estimated to be a $3.7 billion investment. The ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia is seeing a record number of residents riding the rails amid increased investment in Amtrak and other passenger services. The Virginia Passenger Rail authority’s new ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — The number of people riding trains in Virginia has rebounded greatly since last year's pandemic ridership statistics--even beating pre-pandemic levels. For the month of ...
Rail took a while to reach Northern Virginia. The railroad first reached Washington, DC in 1835, but it would be another twenty-six years before the line was extended across the Potomac.