WSLS-TV, Channel 10 in Roanoke, VA, 2/23/21:
State, local leaders all aboard plan to build an Amtrak station in the New River Valley
The Virginia General Assembly is all aboard a plan to build a new Amtrak station in the New River Valley.
On Monday, a bill to establish the NRV Passenger Rail Authority passed.
The latest
The news story does not mention whether costs are included to make Christiansburg a terminus station (whether temporarily or permanently), which involves a safe and secure storage place for the train consist overnight. Lynchburg had it, and now Roanoke has it. I am hoping the intent is to eventually get down to Bristol (station platform in Bristol, VA but Bristol, TN is across the street) so that endpoint might move again.