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 – 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 – May 31, 2024 Strong spring leads to summer with a record-setting April RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) announced today that its state-supported passenger rail service, Amtrak Virginia, saw another month of record ridership in April. With a total of 118,474 passengers traveling, April 2024
NEWS RELEASE – April 23, 2024 Double-digit increases seen on all four corridors RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) marked another record increase in ridership last month. During March, 123,658 passengers traveled on the state-supported Amtrak Virginia service. This was an increase of 21% over March 2023, which
NEWS RELEASE – February 28, 2024 Record ridership driving growth WASHINGTON — More people are traveling by train with a record number passing through Virginia and North Carolina. The top five stations in the Southeast in 2023 were the Staples Mill Road Station in Richmond, Va., Alexandria, Va., Charlotte, N.C.,
NEWS RELEASE – January 22, 2024 Increases seen on all four corridors RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) announced today that more than 1.32 million passengers traveled on its state-supported Amtrak Virginia service during calendar year 2023. This was the highest ridership recorded since state-supported service began in
NEWS RELEASE – July 25, 2023 Month of June sets a record for ridership RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) announced today that 1.26 million passengers traveled on its Amtrak Virginia service during the state’s fiscal year 2023 (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023), setting an all-time
NEWS RELEASE – May 25, 2023 Growth of the state-supported service expected to continue through the summer RICHMOND — Ridership on the Commonwealth’s Amtrak Virginia service set another record in April the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) announced today. With 107,929 passengers traveling, April 2023 saw a 53.2% increase over
NEWS RELEASE – March 10, 2023 Virginia is for Rail Lovers RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) today announced that January ridership on the Commonwealth’s Amtrak service set a record for the month of January. During the month, 87,300 passengers traveled, setting a record for the highest ridership
NEWS RELEASE – November 10, 2022 September ridership increased compared to pre-pandemic number RICHMOND — The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) today announced that ridership on the Commonwealth’s Amtrak service grew by 37.6 percent in the month of September as compared to pre-pandemic September 2019. During the month, 105,689 passengers