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	\| style=Amtrak		\| style = Amtrak
	\| name=Petersburg, VA		\| name = Petersburg, VA
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	\| caption=Petersburg station building		\| caption = Petersburg station building
	\| address=3516 South Street<br />]		\| address = 3516 South Street<br />]
	\| country = United States		\| country = United States
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	\|line5=Northeast Regional\|left5=Norfolk\|right5=Richmond Staples Mill Road\|to-left5=Norfolk		\|line5=Northeast Regional\|left5=Norfolk\|right5=Richmond Staples Mill Road\|to-left5=Norfolk
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	==Services==		==Services==
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	==References==		==References==

Revision as of 09:24, 10 November 2024

Petersburg, VA

Petersburg station building

General information

Location

3516 South Street
Ettrick, Virginia
United States

Coordinates

37°14′31″N 77°25′43″W / 37.2419°N 77.4287°W / 37.2419; -77.4287

Owned by

CSX Transportation

Operated by

Amtrak

Platforms

1 island and 1 side platform

Tracks

Construction

Parking

Yes; free

Accessible

Yes

Other information

Station code

Amtrak: PTB

History

Opened

May 16, 1955

Passengers

FY 2023

46,274 (Amtrak)

Services

Preceding station		Following station
Rocky Mounttoward Charlotte	Carolinian	Richmond Staples Mill Roadtoward New York
Rocky Mounttoward Savannah	Palmetto
Rocky Mounttoward Miami	Silver Meteor
Rocky Mounttoward Miami	Floridian	Richmond Staples Mill Roadtoward Chicago
NorfolkTerminus	Northeast Regional	Richmond Staples Mill Roadtoward Boston South or Springfield
Auto Train does not stop here

Former services

Preceding station	Amtrak		Following station
Rocky Mounttoward Miami		Silver Star	Richmond Staples Mill Roadtoward New York
Preceding station	Atlantic Coast Line Railroad		Following station
Carsontoward Tampa		Main Line	Chestertoward Richmond

Location

Petersburg station (also known as 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 services nearby Virginia State University and its home field, Rogers Stadium, both a short walk from the station.

History

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

In the 2010s a replacement station was proposed in Colonial Heights to serve the Tri-Cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell. Those plans were shelved as of July 2019, when 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.

In 2019 bus service began to the multi-modal station in downtown Petersburg, with a park-and-ride lot under construction.

An additional daily Northeast Regional round trip was added on July 11, 2022, increasing Norfolk service through Petersburg to three weekday round trips and two weekend round trips.

Proposed future

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. A shorter route to Raleigh is in the works, with the acquisition of CSX abandoned right-of-way and underused trackage.

Services

Petersburg station is served by five Amtrak routes: Northeast Regional, Carolinian, Palmetto, Floridian, and Silver Meteor.

References

"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.
"Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
Buettner, Michael (May 17, 2017). "Feds propose moving Amtrak station out of Ettrick". The Progress-Index. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
Atkinson, Bill (July 6, 2019). "Ettrick's Amtrak future appears back on track". Virginian-Pilot. The (Petersburg) Progress-Index. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
"Petersburg expands bus service to train station".
"Petersburg, VA".
Lazo, Luz (July 9, 2022). "Virginia expands train service with two new Amtrak round trips". Washington Post. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
"Amtrak Increases Daily Service to Norfolk" (Press release). Amtrak. June 21, 2022.
"Tier II Final Environmental Impact Statement And Final Section 4(f) Evaluation" (PDF). US Department of Transportation. August 2015.
"NCDOT to buy CSX rail line between Raleigh and Ridgeway | Raleigh News & Observer". Archived from the original on September 19, 2020.

External links

Media related to Petersburg station at Wikimedia Commons

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Active stations	Alexandria Ashland Burke Centre Charlottesville Clifton Forge Culpeper Danville Fredericksburg Lorton Lynchburg (Kemper Street) Manassas Newport News Transportation Center Norfolk Petersburg Quantico Richmond–Main Street Richmond–Staples Mill Road Roanoke Staunton Williamsburg Woodbridge
Former stations	Bedford Christianburg Farmville Franconia–Springfield Lee Hall Lynchburg (Woodall Road) Monroe Narrows Newport News Nottaway County Station Petersburg (Fleet Street) Petersburg (River Street) Richmond–Ellerson Suffolk Williamsburg–Pottery Factory
Proposed stations	Bedford Christianburg

Chesterfield County, Virginia

Administration

Landmarks

Transportation

Air	Chesterfield County Airport
Roads	Chippenham Parkway Powhite Parkway Virginia State Route 10 Virginia State Route 288 Virginia State Route 895
Transit	Access Chesterfield Greater Richmond Transit Company 3B 3C Amtrak Petersburg station

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