Virginia, Amtrak and NS agree to extend passenger-rail service to Roanoke

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

Virginia, Amtrak, Norfolk Southern Railway and city of Roanoke, Va., officials have agreed to return passenger-rail service to Roanoke for the first time in 34 years, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced on Friday.

The new service between Lynchburg and Roanoke is the result of Virginia's passage of its first new major transportation funding plan in three decades, railroad and Virginia officials said in a press release.

The McDonnell administration had "placed a high priority on extending Amtrak Virginiato Roanoke as a viable transportation option for travel to cities along the Northeast Corridor," said Virginia Transportation Secretary Sean Connaughton. 

 

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