crosses 2nd St.Ī westbound train at the York Street / Freemason station.Īn eastbound train passes renovated buildings on York St. These pictures and the following videos were made on 17–18 JuneĪ view of the Fort Norfolk / EVMC station from a pedestrian bridgeĪt ground level in front of the Fort Norfolk / EVMC station.Ī westbound train running alongside Brambleton Ave. Travel times are from a timetable on the HRT web site. Stationĭistances were measured with the path tool in Google Earth, and are approximate. Light rail extensions both to Virginia Beach and to the Norfolk navalĪ map of the current route, on Google Maps. In spring 2015, studies were in progress on possible routes for Virginiaīeach later purchased the Norfolk Southern right of way within thatĬity, and the city's voters supported the idea of extending the light Own, building the present line that ends at the city boundary. After voters in Virginiaīeach rejected the proposed line in a referendum in 1999, the Virginiaīeach city council pulled out of the project. Line connecting Norfolk and Virginia Beach. The line originated in a proposal in the late 1990s for a light-rail

cities, including Charlotte, North Carolina and Houston, Texas. This type is also used in several other U.S. Rolling stock consists of nine Siemens S70 light rail vehicles. The line uses a former Norfolk Southern Railway right-of-way that Reserved right-of-way in or alongside city streets. Through downtown Norfolk and to the west of it, the line runs in Newtown Road, on the Norfolk / Virginia Beach boundary. Through downtown, and then parallel to the Interstate 264 expressway to It extends from just west of downtown Norfolk, News, Chesapeake, and other communities in the Hampton Roads area of Operates bus and ferry services in Norfolk, Virginla Beach, Newport The Tide is a 7.3 mile (11.7 km) light rail line operated by

Norfolk tide light rail route map