The Virginia Department of Transportation stunned Virginia's transportation community by proposing a plan last Tuesday to ...

ON BOARD THE SANTA TRAIN — Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to Santa’s arrival. Not in a sleigh on their rooftops, but on a train. The Santa ...

The two-year, $238.4-million effort will separate passenger and freight traffic in a corridor where five tracks currently ...

While more people than ever are hopping aboard an Amtrak train in Virginia, train delays in the state seem to be getting worse. Why it matters: The on-time performance (OTP) rate for trains along the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — A third daily roundtrip Amtrak train serving Newport News will not be arriving in 2026 as originally anticipated. Instead, the head of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, or ...

Virginia is not going after billions of dollars in federal funds available now for high-speed rail. State officials said Virginia cannot qualify for either of two sources of federal money for the work ...

SUSSEX COUNTY, Va. — A tractor-trailer hauling potato chips was struck by a Norfolk Southern train on Sunday after becoming stuck on the railroad tracks at the crossing of General Mahone Highway and ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Norfolk Southern agreed to give Amtrak trains the highest priority after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement with the railroad company Tuesday, to ...

Amtrak ridership continues to grow in Va. Passenger use of Amtrak trains in Virginia continues to grow, with ridership on state-supported intercity routes nearly doubling since 2009. Stations in ...