Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2013
Commonwealth of Virginia
Amtrak-Virginia partnership
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State grants support daily service from Washington to Lynchburg as an
extension of Amtrak’s Northeast Regional service
State grants also support Northeast Regional services south from Washington to
Richmond, Newport News, and Norfolk
Almost 223,000 Virginia residents are members of the Amtrak Guest Rewards
frequent user program
Amtrak Service & Ridership
Amtrak operates over 20 trains daily in Virginia. These include the Regional service to Lynchburg,
Richmond, Newport News, and Norfolk as well as the following long-distance trains:
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The Auto Train (daily Lorton, Va.- Sanford, Fla.)
The Cardinal (tri-weekly New York-Washington, DC-Charlottesville-Cincinnati-Chicago)
The Crescent (daily New York-Charlottesville-Atlanta-New Orleans)
The Palmetto (daily New York-Richmond-Savannah)
The Silver Meteor (daily New York-Richmond-Miami)
The Silver Star (daily New York-Richmond-Tampa-Miami)
Amtrak also operates one shorter-distance train through Virginia, the Carolinian (daily New YorkRichmond-Charlotte).
During FY13 Amtrak served the following Virginia locations:
City
Alexandria
Ashland
Burke Centre
Charlottesville
Clifton Forge
Culpeper
Danville
Fredericksburg
Lorton (Auto Train)
Lynchburg
Manassas
Boardings + Alightings
180,063
28,421
4,950
131,127
2,750
13,677
9,697
106,034
265,274
93,337
29,070
Amtrak Government Affairs: November 2013
Newport News
Norfolk*
Petersburg
Quantico
Richmond - Main Street
Richmond - Staples Mill
Staunton
Williamsburg
Woodbridge
Total Virginia Station Usage:
128,317
39,181
27,988
38,211
38,512
372,592
7,733
62,026
28,311
1,607,271
(up 9.6% from FY12)
*Service began 12/12/12
Additionally, Amtrak estimates that well over one million of the 5 million Amtrak passengers using
Washington Union Station reside in Northern Virginia.
Procurement/Contracts
Amtrak spent $107,759,453 on goods and services in Virginia in FY13. Most of this was in the following
locations:
City
Arlington
Burke
Chantilly
Chesapeake
Fairfax
Glen Allen
Herndon
McLean
Oakton
Reston
Virginia Beach
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3,226,149
7,128,605
2,190,909
3,010,247
8,057,134
2,565,520
6,426,728
29,158,888
20,079,249
14,411,719
3,515,512
Employment
At the end of FY13, Amtrak employed 838 Virginia residents. Total wages of Amtrak employees living in
Virginia were $73,209,481 during FY13.
PRIIA Section 209 and State-Assisted Services
The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-432) required, by October 2013,
an equitable arrangement of cost sharing between Amtrak and state or public agency partners that provide
funding for short-distance, intercity train services. Agreements were reached with all parties, including
Virginia, by the deadline, and the services continued to run without interruption.
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State Partnerships
Amtrak participated in a study to develop a priority list of capital improvements on the WashingtonRichmond corridor. Approximately $70 million in projects were agreed to for Phase I implementation,
aimed at relieving congestion, improving reliability, and allowing additional trains to operate. The
Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) and track-owner CSX have reached
agreement on the program and work is underway. The first project, which opened in spring 2007, was a
new bridge over Quantico Creek, parallel to the existing, single-track bridge.
DRPT asked Amtrak in May 2007 to begin discussion on a cooperative effort to develop a strategic plan
identifying promising markets and routes to be developed in Virginia. Using information provided by
Amtrak, the DRPT in January 2008 posted on its website (http://www.drpt.virginia.gov/studies) an Amtrak
Short Term Action Plan report. Adding service along two existing routes was found to better suit the goal
of identifying service that could be implemented in the short term. These two routes are WashingtonRichmond-Newport News and Washington-Charlottesville-Lynchburg. Amtrak’s effort to provide related
information to DRPT continues. Service to Lynchburg began on October 1, 2009, with service to Burke
Center available to VRE ticket holders. Regular Amtrak ticket sales to/from Burke Centre began January
18, 2010. The new frequency to Richmond began July 20, 2010.
On December 12, 2012, Amtrak and the DRPT will begin service to Petersburg and Norfolk from
Washington and Richmond. This new daily service will bring Amtrak service back to Norfolk for the first
time since 1977.
DRPT announced $504,000 in grants to the Buckingham Branch Railroad on February 15, 2006, some of
which would be used on replacing the crossing of the CSX line (also used by Amtrak) at Doswell, and for
improvements to the Cardinal route between Charlottesville and Clifton Forge.
Station/Facility Improvements
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Clifton Forge: Amtrak has endorsed a plan by the Town of Clifton Forge and the Chesapeake &
Ohio Historical Society to move the station to a newly constructed C&O replica station located on
the Society’s museum grounds. When complete, it will be outfitted with an ADA accessible
waiting room, restrooms and a new platform. The current station is in a CSX building in a yard
area.
Norfolk: The City is building a new station next to the platform that has been served by
Northeast Regional trains since December 2012. At that time, the stop for Newport NewsVirginia Beach Thruway buses was relocated to the new station location. The site is on the east
edge of downtown, adjacent to a light rail stop and the ballpark.
Richmond Main Street Station: Opened for passenger service for the first time in 28 years on
December 20, 2003, after the City and State completed a $51.6 million station overhaul (Phase I).
Two trains a day currently stop at Main Street Station in each direction. A Phase II project, which
would add an additional two round-trips to Main Street Station, relocate train-storage areas, and
address train speed issues related to CSX’s Acca Yard, is currently under review by Richmond and
the state of Virginia. DRPT is leading a task force on improving rail operations through Acca
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Yard. An eventual Phase III would allow Amtrak trains to serve Main Street Station to and from
the south.
FRA High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program
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VDRPT: On October 28, 2010, the FRA announced that the Virginia Department of Rail and
Public Transportation would be awarded $45.3 million dollars for the Washington-Richmond
corridor and the Appomattox River Bridge project. Of the total, $44.3 million is for the
completion of the environmental studies and the preliminary engineering for the WashingtonRichmond portion of the Southeast High-Speed Rail Corridor. The remainder of the funding will
be used for the preliminary engineering necessary to improve the single track Appomattox Bridge,
which is on the same corridor near Petersburg.
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--Amtrak Government Affairs, fall 2012
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