The Richmond area soon will lose one daily Amtrak train to and from Washington, D.C., as work begins on a new railroad bridge across the Potomac River that ultimately will ...

Kristi K. Higgins, The Social Butterfly, rides the rails through VA's Shenandoah Valley. The Blue Ridge Flyer departs from ...

ON BOARD THE SANTA TRAIN — Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to Santa’s arrival. Not in a sleigh on their rooftops, but on a train. The Santa ...

While more people than ever are hopping aboard an Amtrak train in Virginia, train delays in the state seem to be getting worse. Why it matters: The on-time performance (OTP) rate for trains along the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WAVY) — A third daily roundtrip Amtrak train serving Newport News will not be arriving in 2026 as originally anticipated. Instead, the head of the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority, or ...

Building a high-speed rail system is a matter of putting in place a large number of individually small, if expensive, improvements that gradually add up to the ability to regularly - and reliably - ...

Virginia is not going after billions of dollars in federal funds available now for high-speed rail. State officials said Virginia cannot qualify for either of two sources of federal money for the work ...

SUSSEX COUNTY, Va. — A tractor-trailer hauling potato chips was struck by a Norfolk Southern train on Sunday after becoming stuck on the railroad tracks at the crossing of General Mahone Highway and ...

RUSSELL COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — No injuries were reported after two train cars derailed Wednesday evening in Russell County. Russell County EMA coordinator Jess Powers said two CSX cars containing coal ...

Bob Brown was filming the crossing gate near US Highway 58 in South Boston, Va., on July 13 as a coal train approached. The video shows the Pepsi van driving toward the crossing before slamming on the ...