It’s been more than 50 years since a passenger train last stopped in Bedford County, but new funding could bring Amtrak service back to town. Bedford received nearly $1.5 million in federal grant money towards a potential passenger rail station.
“The rail stop would connect us more to the outside area and connect others to here, so it’s really exciting for that reason,” said Mary Zirkle, the Director of Planning and Community Development for Bedford.
The last passenger train departed Bedford in 1971. Now, with a new federal grant and a $375,000 contribution from the town, local officials enter the second phase of a new Amtrak project. Zirkle told 10 News the first phase, completed in 2021, included studies showing Bedford could contribute ridership to an Amtrak line…