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Date April 2, 2008
Name William Gallagher
Email bgallagher@kgpds.com
Home Page www.kgpds.com
City Washington
State DC
Country USA
Comments I certainly like what you are promoting. We design transit systems and I personally think this is were all our transportation dollars need to be going for the next 50 years - just like the roads from the past 50 years. I would be in Charlottesville this weekend if I could ride the train. Keep up the great work! Bill



Date March 1, 2010
Name Theron D. White
Email copedc@verizon.net
Home Page
City Washington
State D.C.
Country USA
Comments I am very excited about the efforts of the Charlottesville Citizens and the Piedmont Coalition. Yes we have new service! I do not read anything about expanding existintg service on the Amtrak Cardnal which only runs 3 day a week in each direction. Are there any plans to expand that service?



Date September 29, 2007
Name Taylor Shelton
Email taylor747@earthlink.net
Home Page
City Esmont
State VA
Country USA
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Date November 16, 2007
Name Shirley James
Email raeber01@aol.com
Home Page
City Lynchburg
State Virginia
Country USA
Comments It's great to hear that a group is working to increase rail service, BUT What about repair and improvement to our rail system to ship goods and materials thereby reducing the number of trucks on our roads? SHIP BY RAIL should be a phrase on everyone's lips. This would relieve congestion, reduce catastrophic accidents, decrease pollution and our dependence on foreign oil.



Date November 22, 2007
Name Rosemary L. Cona
Email mantova06@comcast.net
Home Page
City Ruckersville
State VA
Country USA
Comments We have lived in the C'ville area for over a year now and travel to D.C. by car to Vienna and then take the Metro. It would be great to be able to take a train at C'ville station (with better parking and lighting). Just think of the additional visitors to C'ville and vice versa to D.C. It should have been thought about years ago.... especially with gas prices increasing constantly! Traveling in Europe by train is wonderful, comfortable and cost effective. We should learn something from them.



Date June 8, 2010
Name Rob Sheehan
Email robshee@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Washington
State DC
Country USA
Comments Glad to see another train to Lynchburg. I look forward to the day when there's a direct train route from WDC to Memphis.



Date May 21, 2008
Name Rhett Coates
Email rbx551985@yahoo.com
Home Page http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2822895/
City West Point
State Virginia
Country USA
Comments As a proponent for balanced transportation, particularly RAIL options that America has long ignored, I totally support this new Charlottesville/Culpepper to New York City AMTRAK service. To further interest in your organization, I have taken the liberty to post the message about this on on the "TRAINORDERS.COM" Passenger Rail discussion board as of May 21, 2008. It had already had 30+ views within the first 5 minutes of its posting, here: All my hopes for our continuing success for this new AMTRAK service, possible VRE extension toward Culpepper and Charlottesville (as well as Richmond --- and also between Lynchburg and Roanoke), and when determined to be a feasible addition, the TransDominion Express. To many of us, such viable travel options that keep America MOBILE can't come soon enough. Sincerely, Rhett Coates



Date July 13, 2007
Name Paul C. Prose, Jr.
Email summerman@GMUalumni.org
Home Page
City Culpeper
State VA
Country USA
Comments I am a big booster of rail service, both freight and passenger. I believe that it is the socially responsible thing to provide rail alternatives, even if it isn't self-supporting.I would love for the VRE to stop at our station in Culpeper. I would use it to go to both DC and Charlottesville.



Date December 5, 2007
Name Pat Meyer-Peterson
Email pmeyer@bnsi.net
Home Page
City Charlottesville
State VA
Country US
Comments I absolutely support more rail service between Charlottesville and Washington DC. Thanks for all the work you are doing to create this.



Date July 2, 2007
Name Otey Meriwether
Email OTEY.MERIWETHER@WOLTERSKLUWER.COM
Home Page
City Charlottesville
State VA
Country US
Comments I would use this service at least once every 2 weeks for business. Please let me know if I can be of any help.



Date November 16, 2007
Name Michael LaPrade
Email lapradem@yahoo.com
Home Page
City charlottesville
State virginia
Country usa
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Date September 7, 2007
Name Michael A. Goldman
Email mhgoldman@hotmail.com
Home Page
City Charlottesville
State VA
Country USA
Comments I agree with your concepts. Possibly a good start might be a shuttle bus to the Fredricksburg VA VRE Station from Charlottesville.



Date April 28, 2007
Name Matthew Trowbridge
Email trowbridge.business@gmail.com
Home Page
City Charlottesville
State VA
Country Charlottesville City
Comments As a recent transplant to Charlottesville, I am disappointed by the current level of rail service to DC -- particularly given the traffic & aggressive driving on Rt. 29. An efficient express link to downtown DC or at least to the end of the VA-metro would be a huge benefit to a large number of folks. Please keep me updated!



Date July 26, 2009
Name Maryjane MacDonald
Email mjb.macdonald@gmail.com
Home Page
City Keswick
State VA
Country USA
Comments Matthew Tucker, Director C/o Public Information Office Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation 1313 East Main Street, Suite 300 Richmond VA 23219 Dear Mr. Tucker, We fully support the new train service from Charlottesville to Union Station. My husband would take the service each week and I would take it at least once a month. Many of our neighbors have grown children and grandchildren in the DC area and look forward to using the train service as well. We were hoping that the planned rail service would depart from Lynchburg at 5:05 AM, arrive in Charlottesville by 6:17 AM, and reach Union Station at 8:40 AM. Those times appeared in a January 2008 AMTRAK do #$@%! which also states “the combination of the morning and evening trains would establish a good service pattern for business travel to and from Washington, D.C. – a first for this region.” ..... We hope you consider changing the departure times in Lynchburg so that the commuter train arrives before 9 a.m. into Union Station, justifying rai



Date March 23, 2007
Name Mary Rodriguez
Email Momhoo@earthlink.net
Home Page
City Charlottesville
State VA
Country USA
Comments My son in Florida discovered your page and sent me the link! I have taken Amtrak to Washington many times but would love to see an alternative for the very reasons you mentioned. It can be difficult to get reservations unless one plans well ahead. Much as I enjoy having breakfast on the way, I would gladly forego such amenities to have better service. Good luck on making this happen!



Date June 3, 2008
Name Mark Bebar
Email markbebar@juno.com
Home Page
City Midlothian
State VA
Country USA
Comments The Trains for Virginia initiatives are vital to the long-term economic health of the Commonwealth and the region. Recent news stories on the huge increase in use of mass transit due to high gas prices highlight the importance of these efforts. One only has to spend a few days in any European city to see the beneficial effects of a viable, affordable inter-modal mass transportation system.



Date October 16, 2007
Name Margaret Faust
Email momfaust2@verizon.com
Home Page
City Coeur d'Alene
State IDAHO
Country USA
Comments I have been a supporter of long distance AMTRAK for about ten years, and use it to visit my family. I also belong to NARP and "talk it up" among my friends. We need long distance trains in the U.S.



Date March 29, 2007
Name LaTrina Candia
Email ladylbs@hotmail.com
Home Page
City Charlottesville
State VA
Country Albermarle
Comments I am a Nothern Virgina commuter and would like to stay current on your issues. Thanks for being a voice.



Date August 27, 2007
Name Kim Taylor
Email kimannetaylor@aol.com
Home Page
City Crozet
State Virginia
Country usa
Comments I'd love to see commuter rail service between Charlottesville and its bedroom communities, like Crozet!



Date October 3, 2007
Name Kevin O'Connor
Email koconnor7878@gmail.com
Home Page
City charlottesville
State va
Country usa
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Date December 11, 2007
Name Ken
Email chidonibe@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Michigan
State Detroit
Country U.S.A
Comments good site....i like it...keep it up..



Date February 16, 2009
Name Katherine Cashatt
Email khahtt@yahoo.com
Home Page
City Schuyler
State Va
Country USA
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Date April 27, 2007
Name John Thompson
Email John_thompson@abanet.org
Home Page www.horizonresources.org
City Atlanta
State GA
Country USA
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Date May 24, 2007
Name Joe Pasanello
Email jcpasa@optonline.net
Home Page
City yonkers
State ny
Country usa
Comments Very interested in promoting mass transit, particularly rail as a means of reducing pollution and dependence on fossil fuels.



Date July 28, 2007
Name Jim Churchill
Email amtraq@aol.com
Home Page wwwmvarprail.com www.narprail.com
City Alexandria
State VA
Country USA
Comments I am VP of NARP and of VARP and am interested in your work. The decription of rail as a solution to our transportation woes are well stated. Thanks