February 6, 2009: The News & Advance "Hopes for passenger train gain speed"
Submitted by VHSR on February 6, 2009 - 3:00am.
Rail News
Prospects for a new passenger rail service to Lynchburg improved this week when state rail officials and Norfolk Southern Corp. approved a “framework agreement” for a new daily train to Washington.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board and the railroad that owns most of the track “set out the general parameters” of a pact Thursday night for more passenger rail service, said Jennifer Pickett, spokeswoman for the state Department of Rail and Public Transportation.
“We’re getting closer” to having a second train to Washington each day, likely starting in October, said Lynchburg city Councilman Bert Dodson. Dodson spent two days in Richmond this week talking to state and NS officials about the train.