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VPRA notes June 2025 also set a record with 126,284 passengers traveling, which was the highest ridership the state of ...
In the state fiscal year, 2025, 1,451,276 passengers used train for their transportation needs compared to 2024, an increase ...
Amtrak Virginia closes the state’s fiscal year with record ridership. Also, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority ...
The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority’s Franconia-Springfield Bypass project will speed up passenger and freight trains in ...
The Amtrak Virginia station with the most year-over-year growth was Roanoke, with a 6.9% increase in ridership from SFY24 to SFY25. Amtrak Virginia also shared data showing a ridership spike during ...
Virginia’s state-supported Amtrak operations set a new ridership record during the 2025 fiscal year that ended June 30, ...
Virginia will break ground on several long-awaited rail projects next year and has started to announce construction partners.
Contractors will build grade-separated project in Franconia–Springfield for both passenger and freight rail through one of ...
The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority awarded Skanska and FlatironDragados a $1 billion contract to build the Long Bridge North Project.
The Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) has awarded a $414m contract to build the Franconia-Springfield rail bypass to a joint venture of FlatironDragados and Herzog.
The Twin City’s efforts to secure Amtrak passenger service now have a voice and a vote on the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority board of directors.
FlatironDragados and Herzog will work with VPRA and other stakeholders to deliver the rail improvement project.