Susan Spears, President & CEO of the Fredericksburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, has been appointed by Governor Glenn Youngkin to serve on the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA), a state agency ...

Maryland plans to expand MARC train services into Virginia and Delaware, making the trips faster and more frequent.

Katherine Youngbluth, Manager, Northern Virginia Rail Projects, DRPT, presented the “Long Bridge Project” (LBP), a plan to build multiple new bridges for trains to move passengers and freight ...

The MTA has released its MARC Growth and Transformation Plan, a long-range blueprint that outlines proposed service ...

Although West Virginia lacks the range of terrain and habitats found in bigger states, it is no less compelling a destination for birders. The state’s rugged, mountainous landscape is remarkable for ...

A study is underway to determine the feasibility of installing a bike and pedestrian trail from Manassas into Fairfax County with a so-called “Rail With Trail” project.

Bird lists for sites in the high mountains aren’t as long as those for coastal wetlands, but they include nesting thrushes and warblers in the southern extension of their range Virginia also developed ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaking at an April 24, 2025 press conference marking the start of construction for a project to extend passenger rail service south of Roanoke, Virginia, to ...

FRONT ROYAL — Residents remain divided over options for a trail that either replaces or co-exists with a 49-mile stretch of unused railroad. The Virginia Department of Transportation continues to ...

So when train companies began to abandon rail lines about 50 years ago, communities and states saw an unprecedented opportunity to convert them to trails. Today, the nation's 2,100 rail trails range ...

Rail Explorers opened in 2015 in New York's Adirondacks and then expanded to locations across the nation, including Amador, California; Bluegrass, Kentucky; Elk River, West Virginia; Boone, Iowa ...

The statewide rail plan is updated every four years, with 2018 being the last time the state published its long-range plan. Getting There: Virginia's new rail plan unfolding Skip to main content ...