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Remind Virginia transportation leaders:
We want rail freight improvements & passenger service!

Thursday, November 14, 2013
Holiday Inn Staunton Conference Center
152 Fairway Lane
Staunton, VA 24401

Representatives from the CTB, VDOT, Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT),… Continue reading

Nov. 30, 2013

Commonwealth of VirginiaLast night I represented RAIL Solution at the Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) hosted public meeting  for the Salem District.  These hearings are held twice a year in the various VDOT operational districts… Continue reading

On Saturday, November 16th, RAIL Solution will convene its 2013 Annual Meeting at 10:00 am in the Roanoke Higher Education Center in downtown Roanoke, VA. A light lunch will follow the meeting.

We welcome all rail supporters to join… Continue reading

AMTRAKOct. 14, 2013

Amtrak reports that Amtrak carried a record 31.6 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2013.

Danny Plaugher, executive director of Virginians for High Speed Rail, observed that “These great ridership numbers only prove the point that when given… Continue reading

http://prochoiceva.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/john_edwards_portrait.jpg?w=118&h=150On Wednesday evening, October 9, 2013, Virginia State Senator John Edwards, a long-time rail advocate, held another of his Town Hall Meetings to discuss passenger rail service to Roanoke.  The session was held in the theater of the O.… Continue reading

David FosTruckster (our Executive Director) wrote an insightful letter to the Editor of the Roanoke (VA) Times on Friday, September 6, 2013, extolling the advantages of increased intermodal freight rail services to improve the often overcrowded highways in southwest… Continue reading

Virginia Rail passenger route
from Richmond to Bristol

PRail Bristol

DAVID CRIGGER / BRISTOL HERALD COURIER

The Bristol Herald Courier reports that the Virginia Statewide Rail Plan
could include route from Richmond through Lynchburg, Roanoke and end in Bristol.

 

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