Transdominion Express
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Transdominion Express (TDX) is a proposed passenger rail transportation project in Virginia in the United States.
The service, which is under study, would connect with existing and planned high speed rail corridors, and compliment existing intercity and commuter railroad services.
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[edit] Legislation
Several attempts by Virginia state senator John S. Edwards to create an authority to manage the proposed line have died in the appropriations committee of the Virginia House after passing in the Senate.[1][2][3]
[edit] TDX Routes and Stations
Transdominion Express would extend from Richmond west to Lynchburg and from Washington, DC (Alexandria) south via an existing Virginia Railway Express route to Manassas, extending on south to Charlottesville, Lynchburg, Roanoke and Bristol on the Tennessee border. [1]
[edit] Connections
The TDX service would potentially offer passenger connections with these rail services:
- Northeast Corridor (served by Amtrak's Acela Express and Regional services and many commuter railroads) at Washington, DC (Alexandria)
- Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor at Richmond
- Virginia Railway Express commuter railroad at Manassas, Virginia and Alexandria, Virginia
- MARC commuter railroad at Washington, DC
- Amtrak intercity services at Alexandria, Richmond, Charlottesville, and Lynchburg, Virginia
- Richmond-Hampton Roads high speed corridor [2].
- Washington Metro Rapid Transit service at Alexandria, Virginia and Washington DC (Union Station)
Greyhound Lines and Carolina Trailways intercity bus routes also serve many of the areas, and intermodal passenger service could offer even more connections.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Goldstein, Blair. "Railroad bill nixed", The News & Advance, March 7, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ Reilly, Conor. "How did area bills fare?", The News & Advance, March 4, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ SB 121 TransDominion Express Commission; created. Legislative Information System. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
