NEWS RELEASE – July 1, 2025 Commemorating 5 key milestones in the first 5 years RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) is celebrating five years of promoting, sustaining, and expanding the availability of passenger and commuter rail service in the Commonwealth by commemorating the top five milestones of
NEWS RELEASE – May 21, 2025 Increases seen on all four corridors RICHMOND — Amtrak Virginia, the Commonwealth’s state-supported passenger rail service, set another ridership record during the month of April. With 129,670 passengers traveling, it was the highest ridership recorded for the month of April since the state launched
NEWS RELEASE – April 24, 2025 $264.5 million passenger rail project will extend Amtrak Virginia service to Christiansburg for first time since 1979 RICHMOND, VA – Governor Glenn Youngkin today broke ground on the highly-anticipated New River Valley Rail Project in Christiansburg, Virginia. As part of the Virginia Passenger Rail
NEWS RELEASE – April 7, 2025 Multiple departures, flexible service boosting growth WASHINGTON — Train travel is booming across the U.S., with North Carolina and Virginia seeing some of the highest traffic in the Southeast. In Fiscal Year 2024, the top stations in the region were the Staples Mill Road
NEWS RELEASE – March 26, 2025 Upgrades improve accessibility and communications RICHMOND — To provide the most up-to-date train status information to customers, the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA), Amtrak, and the City of Richmond have collaborated on the installation of a Passenger Information Display System (PIDS) at the Amtrak
NEWS RELEASE – February 3, 2025 December also tops in monthly ridership RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority’s (VPRA) state-supported Amtrak Virginia service set a record for ridership during calendar year 2024 with 1,389,840 passengers traveling. That is the highest ridership mark since the Commonwealth launched state-supported service in
NEWS RELEASE – January 16, 2025 Completes selection process for the Long Bridge Project RICHMOND – The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) today announced the selection of the Long Bridge Rail Partners – a joint venture comprised of Trumbull Corp., Fay, S&B Construction, and Wagman Heavy Civil, Inc. –
NEWS RELEASE – November 20, 2024 Virginia’s TRV initiative could provide nearly $7 billion economic boost RICHMOND — Today the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia published the Economic and Social Impact of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority’s (VPRA) Transforming Rail in Virginia (TRV) initiative.
NEWS RELEASE – November 1, 2024 Project enhances safety, service, and rail capacity ALEXANDRIA — The Virginia Railway Express (VRE) and the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) celebrated the completion of a $27.5 million improvement project at the Quantico train station with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on November 1. The project
NEWS RELEASE – October 15, 2024 Bridge is flagship of Transforming Rail in Virginia Initiative RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA), together with officials including U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner as well as U.S. Representatives Gerry Connelly and Abigail Spanberger,