NEWS RELEASE – November 12, 2025 Partnerships will transform rail service through Northern Virginia RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) together with the City of Alexandria, Amtrak, the Virginia Railway Express (VRE), and CSX today broke ground on a portfolio of projects in Alexandria which will improve and
NEWS RELEASE – September 2, 2025 Encourages safe behaviors near railroads RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) is promoting the importance of practicing safe behaviors in and around trains, stations, and tracks with a public outreach campaign during September. The campaign, which coincides with Rail Safety Month, includes
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