April 3, 2009: Star Exponent "D.C. train rolls on"
Submitted by VHSR on April 3, 2009 - 3:00am.
Rail News
Starting as soon as October, local travelers will have a second daily opportunity to hop on the Amtrak in Culpeper and ride to Washington, D.C.
The new service, originating in Lynchburg and stopping in Charlottesville before Culpeper, is being made possible through a public-private partnership with the state of Virginia, Norfolk Southern Railway and Amtrak.
Beyond Culpeper, the train will stop in Manassas, Burke, Alexandria, L’Enfant Plaza and Union Station, with an option to continue to New York City, according to longtime rail advocate Meredith Richards, founder and chairman of C’ville Rail, organized in 2005.