DRPT has been working with North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia to identify potential high-speed rail corridors through the southeast. Virginia and North Carolina legislatures have established a High Speed Rail Commission and an Interstate Rail Compact. One corridor will connect Washington, DC, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte and Atlanta with a spur from Richmond to Hampton Roads. The preferred route south of Richmond involves an abandoned rail corridor known as the "S" Line (the former Seaboard Air Line). The estimated cost of improvements to the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor in Virginia is $300 - $400 million.

Activities related to this project currently have $1.5 million in approved Rail Enhancement Funding. For more information, visit the Rail Enhancement Fund page.

For additional information on this DRPT project, please visit the Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor web site.