Continue.Station renovation gets nod
The Virginian Railway station has been exposed to the elements since a 2001 fire.
Renovation work on Roanoke's historic Virginian Railway passenger station is about to get under way at last, say members of the National Railway Historical Society, which owns it.
Saving the station at Williamson Road and Jefferson Street, which was badly damaged in a 2001 fire, has long been a priority for historic preservationists and railroad buffs. Some $500,000 in federal funds was designated for the project years ago, but actual work has been slowed by government regulations and red tape, said Skip Salmon, secretary of the historical society's Roanoke chapter. Among the issues has been proving the project will not negatively affect the habitat of an endangered fish species in the Roanoke River, he said.
Amtrak Roanoke, VA station
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Posted 17 September 2009 - 03:45 PM
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Posted 19 December 2015 - 11:28 AM
High platform now under consideration for Roanoke Amtrak station
The public-private team working to bring Amtrak service to Roanoke has changed course and ordered a basic design for a raised platform that offers level boarding for all passengers.
Amtrak, state transportation officials and the host railroad, Norfolk Southern, previously said a raised platform would be too large for the sliver of land in downtown Roanoke picked out for train boarding. They said only a low platform, which requires less space, would fit.
http://www.roanoke.c...95481d4b0c.html
Amtrak people, let's think "outside the box." Why not use a retractable platform? See example of NYCTA at South Ferry. Amtrak conductor can activate it by using a garage door opener-style transponder.
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Posted 24 May 2016 - 11:34 AM
Building of Roanoke's Amtrak platform expected to start this fall, state says
Crews will build downtown Roanoke’s Amtrak platform starting this fall, one year before the expected start of passenger train service, a state official said.
More here.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 18 August 2016 - 09:32 PM
WSLS-TV, Channel 10 in Roanoke, VA, 8/18/16:
Amtrak accepting bids for Roanoke station
Construction of the new Amtrak train station in Roanoke is set to begin in the next several months.
As of now, Amtrak is in the bidding phase of the project to select a contractor for the depot.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 11 October 2016 - 01:19 PM
WFXR-TV Roanoke, VA 10/11:
Business owner concerned with Amtrak platform construction
ROANOKE, Va.
One business owner in Roanoke is raising concerns about a passenger train platform project nearby.
Crews have started work on the Amtrak platform near 4th Street, which is near Roanoke Fruit and Produce Company.
"As you can see it's taken up a lot of our area where our tractor trailers have to back in and it's making it very difficult for us to get trucks in and out, tractor trailer trucks in and out of our parking lot," said Fred Najjum. . . .
Continue here w/video report.
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Posted 07 December 2016 - 01:25 AM
Roanoke, VA Times, 12/6/16:
State hunts for contractor to build Roanoke Amtrak platform
The state is in the process of choosing a contractor to build Virginia’s first raised Amtrak platform in downtown Roanoke.
Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation spokesman Chris Smith said Monday that crews likely will start building the boarding facility early next year and need 10 months to complete it.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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