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Norfolk Southern Comprehensive Rail Agreement
Norfolk Southern Comprehensive Rail Agreement — purchase of the Manassas Line passenger easement, the New River Valley station property and the Radford layover
Awarded to NS — Virginia Passenger Rail Authority now holds 1 position with this supplier.
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- Buyer
- Virginia Passenger Rail Authority
- Where
- Virginia · Alexandria
- Segments
- Track, Civil works, Stations & depots
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
- Status
- In execution — Executing.
- Value band
- $100–500m
- Currency
- USD
- Key dates (month)
- Agreement year 2024 · Final installment budgeted 2027
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Executing. The initial closing cash payment has been made — VPRA's recommended FY27 Budget records expenses incurred to date against the Manassas Line transaction — and a final instalment payment is budgeted in FY27, subject to a final purchase price adjustment deducted from it. VRE, which operates over the line, is separately contributing to VPRA over five years in exchange for four property interests.
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Recorded award: NS — Norfolk Southern Comprehensive Rail Agreement — Norfolk Southern Railway Company
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- Key dates (2)
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- Note on the figure
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3 sources · all primary
- ● Norfolk Southern Railway Company and the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority · Amended and Restated Comprehensive Rail Agreement, 2024 — purchase price, Western Virginia Rail Initiative grant funds, Roanoke Area Improvements and New River Valley terms (403 pages) (published 2024-09 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Virginia Passenger Rail Authority (VPRA) Board · Resolution of 21 May 2026: VPRA FY27 Budget and Management Reserve Approval, with Exhibit A, the Recommended Fiscal Year 2027 Budget (I-95 Corridor, Western Rail Corridor, Other Capital Projects, Capital & Operating Grants, Operations and Administrative budget tables) (published 2026-05-21 · checked 2026-09-14)
- ● Virginia Railway Express (VRE) · Annual Budget Fiscal Year 2027 (Budget Book) — operating and capital budget and the FY2027-FY2032 Capital Improvement Program with a project sheet and total project budget for each of the 22 projects (79 pages) (published 2026-01 · checked 2026-09-14)
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