JeffConn
Train Attendant
For now, we are just trying to get Virginia Beach to sign on to light rail. The Tide (in Norfolk) is just a starter line after all. There is a big regional plan for the next 30 years or so. The Transit Vision Plan for Hampton Roads does include light rail and commuter rail to Richmond and North Carolina in its 'vision'. And, of course, none of the Hampton Roads localities have agreed to it yet.I'm certainly in favor of Norfolk to Richmond service. There is apparently already a Northeast Regional trainset that spends the night in DC that could continue south. As far as I can tell, all that's required for conventional speed service there is negotiating trackage rights (I think with Norfolk Southern) and constructing adequate station facilities in Norfolk, and maybe getting Amtrak to refurbish one mothballed diesel locomotive (but maybe they already even have a spare locomotive).PLEASE, do Norfolk to Richmond, and Norfolk to Raleigh/Durham. Today, Norfolk and Virginia Beach feel like the country's biggest cul de sac! :blink:
Are the Norfolk light rail folks thinking about an Amtrak connection at all?
http://www.hamptonroadstransitplan.com/
http://www.hamptonroadstransitplan.com/PDF...20submitted.pdf
Warning: it's a HUGE 80 page PDF file.
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