Press Releases

VRE Rail group hosts Lynchburg, TDX delegation
Successful passenger rail service shares best practices
 
LYNCHBURG, Va.,— In anticipation of the new Lynchburg to Washington D.C. service, a local delegation visited the Alexandria headquarters of the Virginia Railway Express. Chamber President and CEO, Rex Hammond was accompanied by Lynchburg City Councilman Turner Perrow, Charlottesville TransDominion Express Committee Member [...]

The Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce continues working to keep rail project on track
 
LYNCHBURG, Va.,— In anticipation for the new Lynchburg to Washington D.C. service, staff from the Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce recently attended an Amtrak Civic Conversation in Savannah, Georgia. The convention focused on rail depot redevelopment and restoration and provided an opportunity [...]

We all realize that “you” are not the only constituent to whom your representative must answer. We are all constituents and we don’t always agree with each other. So, we must be fair to these folks we have elected and recognize that they have a difficult task, at best.
Even so, it should not be a [...]

During the Warner administration we made great progress with the active support of Transportation Secretary Clement and former Director Rae of the VA Dept.of Rail & Public Transportation (VDRPT). Change of administration coupled with the decision by House leadership at the 2006 General Assembly to sideline legislation related to transportation or potential bonding has thrown [...]

This letter was written by TDX board member, Farnham Jarrard, and mailed to Governor Kaine in December, 2006.
Dear Governor Kaine:
My name is Famham Jarrard, Jr. I currently am Mayor of Bristol, Virginia. …I have been involved in the effort to have Train Service since creation of the effort to create TDX. The number of trips [...]

We are very encouraged by our legislative and advocacy momentum, today. Much activity has transpired over the past few months and some progress has resulted. Put aside any short-sighted frustration and look at what we’ve actually accomplished!
On March 30, 2006, following the official “close” of the 2006 Legislative session, the TDX Board met in Roanoke, [...]

TransDominion Express, Inc. received official notification as of January 5, 2006 that it had obtained status as a Nonstock Corporation. Up to this point, the Committee to Advance the TransDominion Express had been technically operating as a statewide ad hoc committee of the Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce.
TDX Committee meetings in August and September of [...]

With current fuel price increases and transportation funding solutions tied up in knots, the time is ripe for YOU to muster FULL support for the TDX from everyone you know! Talk to anyone within three feet of you! Passenger rail support must span each new administration. Make sure your legislators know about and support us!

Former Secretary of Transportation, Whitt Clement, was a great help to the TDX’s recent progress. When he stepped down at the end of March 2005, many transportation advocates wondered how this might affect the course of their efforts. But, it took only a simple phone call to our new Secretary, the Honorable Pierce Homer, to [...]

With several years of work supporting us, 2005 marks the most exciting advances for the TDX yet! Between plans for the TDX Demo and passage of the Rail Enhancement Fund, we are inundated with preparations!
Even with all the good news to be reported, there remains a need to set the record straight. It has never [...]