Norfolk Light Rail Transit will to extend 7.4 miles from the Eastern Virginia Medical Center through downtown Norfolk along the I-264 corridor to Newtown Road within the city of Norfolk. The project sponsor is Hampton Roads Transit (HRT), the region’s transit provider headquartered in Hampton, VA. Eleven stations will be constructed along the alignment with four park and ride locations that provide access to the system in major areas such as Norfolk State University, Harbor Park, City Hall, MacArthur Center, Tidewater Community College (Norfolk Campus) and the Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. The system will use a combination of city streets and the existing rail corridor purchased from Norfolk Southern; it will carry approximately 11,500 people per day.

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