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Norfolk Southern Railway to expand passenger rail to Southwest Virginia


Norfolk Southern Railway to expand passenger rail to Southwest Virginia
Published Wednesday, May. 5, 2021, 4:29 pm
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The Commonwealth has reached an agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway to extend passenger rail service to the New River Valley for the first time since 1979.
Known as the Western Rail Initiative, this agreement will increase intercity passenger rail service from Roanoke to the Northeast Corridor and is an expansion of the Transforming Rail in Virginia program to build a 21st-century rail network. ....

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