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Archive -- Joint NARP Mid-Atlantic South Division / VARP 2017 Meeting
Date
Saturday, April 1, 2017 Saturday, April 1, 2017
Location
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Saturday, April 1, 2017
11:30am - 3:30pm
Joe Theismann’s Restaurant
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Diagonal Road - Alexandria, VA (across from the King Street Metro station, which is adjacent to the Amtrak station)
- The meeting is scheduled to permit travel by Amtrak trains 20 and 88 in the morning and 19 and 147 in the afternoon.
Planned Presentations:
- Jim Mathews - President & CEO - National Association of Railroad Passengers - National Update
- Jennifer Mitchell - Director, Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation - Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation in the McAuliffe Era,
- Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation recommendations for DC-Richmond rail
- The Federal Railroad Administration’s Northeast Corridor Report
- Chuck Riecks - Vice-Chair - NARP - The Daily Cardinal Campaign
- Rafi Guroian - VARP Member - Mainstreaming passenger rail planning
Complete Meeting Information
"I wish to extend my appreciation to members of the Rail Passengers Association for their steadfast advocacy to protect not only the Southwest Chief, but all rail transportation which plays such an important role in our economy and local communities. I look forward to continuing this close partnership, both with America’s rail passengers and our bipartisan group of senators, to ensure a bright future for the Southwest Chief route."
Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS)
April 2, 2019, on receiving the Association's Golden Spike Award for his work to protect the Southwest Chief