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
Location	3516 South Street, Ettrick(Petersburg), Virginia United States
Coordinates	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	2
Construction
Parking	Yes; free
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	PTB
History
Opened	1955
Passengers
2018	31,563 annually[1]  2.47%
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

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.