Petersburg station

Petersburg, VA
The Silver Star at Petersburg station in August 2010
General information
Location	3516 South Street Ettrick, Virginia United States
Coordinates	37°14′31″N 77°25′43″W / 37.2419°N 77.4287°W / 37.2419; -77.4287
Owned by	CSX Transportation
Line(s)	CSX North End Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Petersburg Area Transit
Construction
Parking	Yes; free
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: PTB
History
Opened	March 15, 1942
Rebuilt	May 16, 1955
Passengers
FY 2023	46,274[1] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Rocky Mount toward Charlotte Carolinian Richmond Staples Mill Road toward New York Rocky Mount toward Savannah Palmetto Rocky Mount toward Miami Silver Meteor Floridian Richmond Staples Mill Road toward Chicago Norfolk Terminus Northeast Regional Richmond Staples Mill Road toward Boston South or Springfield      Auto Train does not stop here
Former services Preceding station Amtrak Following station Rocky Mount toward Miami Silver Star Until 2024 Richmond Staples Mill Road toward New York Preceding station Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Following station Carson toward Tampa Main Line Chester toward Richmond
Location

Petersburg station (also known as Ettrick station) is an Amtrak railroad station located in Ettrick, Virginia, just outside the city of Petersburg. The station, adjacent to the campus of Virginia State University, is served by five Amtrak routes: the Carolinian, Floridian, Northeast Regional, Palmetto, and Silver Meteor. It has a brick station building and a single side platform adjacent to the two-track North End Subdivision.

Predecessors of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) originally had a station on West Washington Street in downtown Petersburg. The ACL built a new station a block west in 1903. Some ACL trains began using the new Union Station when it opened in 1910, and the West Washington Street station closed around 1918. In 1942, the ACL opened a new station in Ettrick on a line that bypassed downtown Petersburg. It was replaced at the same site in 1955 by the current structure.

Service passed to the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad in 1967. Former Seaboard Air Line Railroad trains began using the station in 1970. Amtrak took over service in 1971; service varied in the 1970s and gradually increased thereafter. Relocation of the station to nearby Colonial Heights was proposed in 2017 as part of the Southeast High Speed Rail project. The move was shelved in 2019 in favor of a renovation of the existing station.