Petersburg station

Petersburg 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
Current station building
Location3516 South Street, Ettrick(Petersburg), 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 codePTB
History
Opened1955
Passengers
201831,563 annually[1] 2.47%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Norfolk
Terminus
Northeast Regional Richmond Staples Mill Road
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

A replacement station has been proposed at a site nearby in Colonial Heights to serve the Tri-Cities of Petersburg, Colonial Heights, and Hopewell.[2] Those plans appear 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.[3]

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

References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2018, Commonwealth of Virginia" (PDF). Amtrak Government Affairs. June 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. Buettner, Michael (17 May 2017). "Feds propose moving Amtrak station out of Ettrick". The Progress-Index. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  3. Atkinson, Bill (6 July 2019). "Ettrick's Amtrak future appears back on track". Virginian-Pilot. The (Petersburg) Progress-Index. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

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