ROANOKE, Va. (AP) - Amtrak service has returned to Roanoke after a nearly 40-year hiatus.
Passenger service to and from the city is scheduled to resume Tuesday for the first time since 1979. A Northeast regional train will travel from Roanoke to Washington, D.C., and beyond.
Public officials celebrated Amtrak’s return with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and public tour of the newly built boarding platform Monday.
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