Tennessee Lookout – July 10, 2023 | By Adam Friedman Tennessee’s Department of Transportation should determine the cost of building passenger rails lines connecting the state’s largest cities and create an office dedicated to public transit, the state...
WCYB – May 12, 2023 | By Ashley Hoak BRISTOL, Va. (WCYB) — Talks continue to chug along at the idea to bring passenger rail back to Bristol. Earlier this year, the Federal Rail Administration approved Virginia’s Statewide Rail Plan, which includes an effort...
El Dorado News – April 10, 2023 The wheels of progress turn slowly, it is said, especially train wheels on a track to Bristol. For many years, a return of passenger rail service from Amtrak’s station at Roanoke to Bristol has been imagined locally and statewide,...
WJHL – April 5, 2023 | By Josh Smith, Jayonna Scurry BRISTOL, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Bristol, Tennessee City Council offered a show of support for a 150-year-old landmark in downtown Bristol. Council members formally endorsed a fundraising campaign for the historic...
WCYB – April 11, 2023 | By Ashely Hoak BRISTOL, Tenn. (WCYB) — The idea to bring passenger rail back to Bristol has been in talks for years, with optimism now growing in the community. The Federal Rail Administration recently approved Virginia’s Statewide...
