November 2014 - TransDominion Express

Roanoke, VA — The first passenger train should be in Roanoke in 2017. Roanoke has not had passenger rail since 1979. Governor Terry McAuliffe was on hand for the announcement Wednesday afternoon. “It’s going to open up the area economically,” McAuliffe said. Amtrak service to Roanoke will be an extension of the Northeast Regional train from […]

The launch of infrastructure work, ordinarily a mundane topic, drew a round of applause in downtown Roanoke on Monday evening at the first official update in months on the planned resumption of passenger rail. By early next year, crews will take on a block of improvements needed before the train service commences in 2017, a […]