February 7, 2009: TradingMarkets.com "Passenger train may extend to Roanoke"
Submitted by VHSR on February 7, 2009 - 3:00am.
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Passenger rail service hasn't been available to Roanoke since 1979, despite its roots as a rail town.
But a state official told a state Senate panel Friday that -- assuming funding is available and there's no conflict with freight trains run by Norfolk Southern
Corp. -- there could be Amtrak passenger rail service up and running between Roanoke and Lynchburg and on to Washington by as early as 2015.