Petersburg station

Petersburg station (Ettrick Station) is an Amtrak railroad station located at 3516 South Street in Ettrick, Virginia just outside the city of Petersburg. However, like most of Ettrick, it has a Petersburg address. The station was built in 1955 by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) and is near Virginia State University and Rogers Stadium.

Petersburg, VA
Petersburg station building
General information
Location3516 South Street
Ettrick, Virginia
United States
Coordinates37.2419°N 77.4287°W / 37.2419; -77.4287
Owned byCSX Transportation
Operated byAmtrak
Platforms1 island and 1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes; free
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: PTB
History
OpenedMay 16, 1955[1]
Passengers
FY201932,834[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Norfolk
Terminus
 Northeast Regional Richmond Staples Mill Road
toward Boston South or Springfield
Rocky Mount
toward Charlotte
 Carolinian Richmond Staples Mill Road
toward New York
Rocky Mount
toward Savannah
 Palmetto
Rocky Mount
toward Miami
 Silver Meteor
Silver Star
Former services
Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station
Carson
toward Tampa
 Main Line Chester
toward Richmond

In the 2010s a replacement station was proposed in Colonial Heights to serve the Tri-Cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell.[3] Those plans were shelved as of July 2019. The Commonwealth Transportation Board reported that $5.7 million had been secured for modernizing the station including replacement of the passenger platform and connecting ramps, as well as improving the parking lot, access road, and signs on Interstate 95.[4] In 2019 bus service began to the multi-modal station in downtown Petersburg, with a park-and-ride lot under construction.[5][6] Petersburg's role as a passenger rail transfer station would grow under the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor project, which includes high-speed service to both Norfolk, Virginia, and Raleigh, North Carolina.[7] A shorter route to Raleigh is in the works, with the acquisition of CSX abandoned right-of-way and underused trackage.[8]

In the 1970s Amtrak also served Union Station in Petersburg until Mountaineer service east-west across Virginia ended in 1977.

References
  1. "ACL Passenger Service to Start at New Depot". The Progress-Index. Petersburg, Virginia. May 13, 1955. p. 11. Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2019: Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. May 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  3. Buettner, Michael (17 May 2017). "Feds propose moving Amtrak station out of Ettrick". The Progress-Index. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  4. Atkinson, Bill (6 July 2019). "Ettrick's Amtrak future appears back on track". Virginian-Pilot. The (Petersburg) Progress-Index. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  5. "Petersburg expands bus service to train station".
  6. "Petersburg, VA".
  7. https://railroads.dot.gov/sites/fra.dot.gov/files/fra_net/15274/SEHSR-R2R-Signed_FEIS.pdf
  8. "NCDOT to buy CSX rail line between Raleigh and Ridgeway | Raleigh News & Observer". Archived from the original on 2020-09-19.

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