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NRV passenger rail: State seeks public input on study of potential station locations
NRV passenger rail: State seeks public input on study of potential station locations
Yann Ranaivo Dec 27, 2021
A state authority is seeking public feedback on potential station locations for the extension of Amtrak service to the New River Valley. ... The Virginia Passenger Rail Station Authority started the New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Feasibility Study to look at five possible station locations in and around the region, according to an announcement this past week.
The study “reflects on previous work conducted for the New River Valley passenger rail station locations in the region, while examining what station location opportunities are possible following [Gov. Ralph Northam’s] May 2021 announcement,” the announcement reads.
Northam broke major news in Christiansburg in May when he and other top state officials formally announced plans to return passenger rail service to the New River Valley within at least the next several years.
The deal is part of Virginia’s more than $250 million investment in the Western Rail Initiative, a program that covers the return of passenger rail to the New River Valley and the upcoming addition of another Amtrak train from Roanoke to Washington, D.C. The investment includes the acquisition of right of way and track from Norfolk Southern Railway for just under 29 miles of the Virginian Line from the Salem Crossovers to Merrimac in Montgomery County.
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Yann Ranaivo Dec 27, 2021
A state authority is seeking public feedback on potential station locations for the extension of Amtrak service to the New River Valley. ... The Virginia Passenger Rail Station Authority started the New River Valley Passenger Rail Station Feasibility Study to look at five possible station locations in and around the region, according to an announcement this past week.
The study “reflects on previous work conducted for the New River Valley passenger rail station locations in the region, while examining what station location opportunities are possible following [Gov. Ralph Northam’s] May 2021 announcement,” the announcement reads.
Northam broke major news in Christiansburg in May when he and other top state officials formally announced plans to return passenger rail service to the New River Valley within at least the next several years.
The deal is part of Virginia’s more than $250 million investment in the Western Rail Initiative, a program that covers the return of passenger rail to the New River Valley and the upcoming addition of another Amtrak train from Roanoke to Washington, D.C. The investment includes the acquisition of right of way and track from Norfolk Southern Railway for just under 29 miles of the Virginian Line from the Salem Crossovers to Merrimac in Montgomery County.
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