Virginia: Trains to leave station in Ettrick; new Petersburg area station to be built in Colonial Heights

BY JIM McCONNELL SENIOR WRITER, Chesterfield Observer; May 16, 2018

Despite years of spirited lobbying by county leaders, Virginia State University and Ettrick residents, the south Chesterfield village is poised to lose its train station to neighboring Colonial Heights.

During a meeting of the Tri-Cities Area Metropolitan Planning Organization’s policy committee last Thursday in Petersburg, officials confirmed that both Ettrick and a second Chesterfield location have been eliminated as potential sites for a new Amtrak station to replace Ettrick’s existing facility.

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