BEDFORD, Va. (WDBJ) – The Town of Bedford is one step closer to getting a passenger train station. For years, people have been hoping to see a passenger train station brought to Bedford.
That dream is now one step closer to becoming a reality thanks to some recent grant funding. The station would be built across the street from the Bedford County athletic fields on Bedford Avenue. The Town of Bedford has two years to secure $5 million needed to go toward the construction of the new Amtrak station.
“As I tell citizens who are interested in it, it’s not really a done deal quite yet, but all of the obstacles so far that we’ve faced we’ve been able to clear,” said Bedford Town Manager Bart Warner…