VPRA – September 5, 2024 | Karina Romero RICHMOND – The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) today announced it has purchased the Manassas Line from Norfolk Southern Corporation, furthering VPRA’s mission to promote, sustain, and expand the...
News 5 WCYB – August 7, 2024 | By Caleb Perhne BRISTOL, Tenn. (WCYB) — New documents part of a federal study of long-distance passenger rail list a route through the Tri-Cities as the number one priority for implementation. The nearly 200-page document outlines a...
Tennessee General Assembly – April 11, 2024 This bill requires the department of transportation (“department”) to establish an office of rail and public transportation within the department. The office must be established using existing resources and...
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...
