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Newtown Road Station
Newtown Road is a Tide Light Rail station in Norfolk, Virginia. It opened in August 2011 and is situated on Curlew Drive at the city line between Norfolk and Virginia Beach. It is currently the eastern terminus of the line. The station is adjacent to the Interstate Corporate Center and the Sentara Leigh Hospital Sentara Healthcare is a not-for-profit healthcare organization serving Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. It is based in Norfolk, Virginia and offers services in 12 acute care hospitals, with 3,739 beds, 853,000 members in its health plan, .... References External links Newtown Road station {{coord, 36.8411, -76.1902, region:US-VA_type:railwaystation, display=title Tide Light Rail stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 2011 2011 establishments in Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tide Light Rail
The Tide is a light rail line in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, owned and operated by Hampton Roads Transit (HRT). It connects Eastern Virginia Medical School, downtown Norfolk, Norfolk State University, and Newtown Road. Service began on August 19, 2011, making it the first light rail system in Virginia. Fares match local bus fares and the line accepts HRT's GO Passes. Trains generally run every 15 minutes, increasing to every 10 minutes during peak periods and every 30 minutes during early mornings and late evenings. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of . History In the late 1980s, the Tidewater Transportation District Commission (TTDC) began producing studies that would examine the feasibility of expanding transit corridors between Norfolk and its neighboring cities of Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach; these included a study for the cost effectiveness of restoring passenger rail service in 1986 and a rail systems analysi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
