In the state fiscal year, 2025, 1,451,276 passengers used train for their transportation needs compared to 2024, an increase ...

VPRA notes June 2025 also set a record with 126,284 passengers traveling, which was the highest ridership the state of ...

Virginia’s state-supported Amtrak operations set a new ridership record during the 2025 fiscal year that ended June 30, ...

The Amtrak Virginia station with the most year-over-year growth was Roanoke, with a 6.9% increase in ridership from SFY24 to SFY25. Amtrak Virginia also shared data showing a ridership spike during ...

November 20, 2024 Passenger Transit Briefs: VPRA, Santa Clara VTA A new study finds that the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority’s (VPRA) Transforming Rail in Virginia initiative could provide the ...

Amtrak Virginia closes the state’s fiscal year with record ridership. Also, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority ...

The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority’s Franconia-Springfield Bypass project will speed up passenger and freight trains in ...

The new authority will assume all administrative and fiduciary responsibilities for Virginia’s state-supported passenger rail services, including the current six daily roundtrip Amtrak Northeast ...

NRV passenger rail on track for 2027 Sooner than initially anticipated, rail passengers will be able to ride to and from the New River Valley for the first time since 1979. In late August 2024, the ...

The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority would be led by a board of directors consisting of 11 members, nine of which would be appointed by the governor, and would have the power to purchase and manage ...

According to the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, the New River Valley Passenger Extension received $2 million to support the extension of passenger rail from Roanoke through the New River ...

NEW RIVER VALLEY, Va. (WDBJ) - In May 2021, Governor Northam announced Virginia had reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern to extend passenger rail services along the former Virginian Line ...