https://wtop.com/dc-transit/2019/12/maj ... -csx-deal/
Some excerpts from the article:
Some excerpts from the article:
- $3.7 billion agreement Thursday for the state to buy 225 miles of track and build new passenger rail improvements
- Fredericksburg Line is projected to go from eight round trips today to 13 round trips each weekday in 2030
- Commuter trains would also run on weekends for the first time
- Amtrak regional trains each day between D.C. and Richmond as part of six additional round trips by 2030
- take ownership of a 75-mile abandoned CSX rail line between Petersburg and Ridgeway, North Carolina
- Virginia will also purchase the 173-mile Buckingham Branch Line