NORFOLK, Va. — With more people in the United States traveling by train, Amtrak's top Southeast stations by ridership in 2023 were in Virginia and North Carolina, officials said. According to Amtrak, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) – The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) announced last month that Amtrak Virginia set a ridership record for April. According to a press release, Amtrak Virginia saw over ...

A $770,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation allows the city of Roanoke to study an area within a five-point ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WSET) — The number of travelers choosing to get to their destination by train has reached new highs according to the latest numbers from Amtrak. The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority ...

A New York-bound Amtrak train has been stopped for hours near Lynchburg, Virginia. Amtrak said that the train stopped due to trees that fell during the winter storms. Passengers onboard have been ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia is currently served by 13 Amtrak regional and national trains that connect 21 rail stations. The system in the Commonwealth is one of the best revenue generators of its size ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Amtrak and the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority has announced that ridership of state-supported trains hit an all-time high in Virginia in July. According to Amtrak, over ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (WAVY) – An Amtrak train that ...

{mosads}Republicans in Congress have tried repeatedly to eliminate Amtrak’s federal funding, arguing that the about $1 billion that is given to the company every year is a waste of taxpayer money.

Amtrak’s four state-supported routes in Virginia carried a record 110,256 passengers in July. It’s a 28.9% increase over June, and 19.8% higher than its pre-pandemic ridership numbers from July 2019.

(Molly Riley, Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) Amtrak hit a record-high ridership of 119,280 passengers traveling on four Virginia state ...

An Amtrak train heading through Virginia was stranded on the tracks as a crippling winter storm had passengers waiting almost 40 grueling hours before the trip resumed. People aboard the Crescent 20 ...