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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine attended a Dec. 7, 2023, event announcing $729 million in federal transportation funding for projects including completing the new Long Bridge across the Potomac River. Photo courtesy Office of U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine.
Dec 7, 2023

$729M federal transportation package will finish Long Bridge expansion

The most significant rail choke point on the East Coast will be fixed as part of a $729 million federal funding package for transportation projects in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday at an event in Arlington County also attended by a […]

Jun 15, 2022

Metro bringing back first group of 7000-series trains

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced Wednesday that it will return eight 7000-series trains to service on Thursday, months after all 748 railcars were taken off track due to a wheel malfunction that caused a derailment near Arlington National Cemetery. The return of eight trains — with eight railcars each — to service comes […]

Mary Zirkle, Bedford’s director of planning and community development, is happy to see forward momentum on a proposed Amtrak stop in the town Photo by Don Petersen.
Dec 31, 2021

Bedford lays tracks for possible Amtrak stop

Leigh Ann Ellis is all aboard for Amtrak to begin stopping in the town of Bedford. In the past, Ellis, a journalism teacher at Bedford County’s Staunton River High School, had her students board the train in Lynchburg for field trips to New York or Washington, D.C. For students who live in Goodview, on the […]

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