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Travel to Virginia

Travel by rail

Amtrak (tel: 1 800 872 7245, in the USA only; www.amtrak.com) rail service passes through Virginia on two main north-south routes, linking New Orleans (via Atlanta and Charlottesville) and Miami (via Richmond) with Washington, DC and New York City. A couple of services (originating in Newport News) continue on to Boston.

Approximate rail journey times:
From Richmond to Washington, DC is 2 hours, to New York is 6 hours 30 minutes and to Boston is 10 hours 20 minutes.

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