WAKE FOREST, N.C. — North Carolina and Virginia are getting $58 million from the federal government to help build out anticipated high-speed passenger rail service between the states’ capitals.
The Federal Railroad Administration announced the grant on Thursday.
The money will be used to begin engineering work on a rail corridor connecting Raleigh and Petersburg, Virginia.
The high-speed rail will reach north to Richmond.
The two states have been planning since 1992 for such trains and are buying a rail route from CSX Corp.
Gov. Roy Cooper, U.S. Rep. David Price and federal officials held a news conference in Wake Forest to highlight the funding.
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