The Ettrick train station just got a down payment on the future, as the linchpin of an ambitious effort to restore passenger service between two state capitals — Richmond and Raleigh, North Carolina.

Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-4th, presented a symbolic $1 million check to the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority on Monday to begin a planning study for the future of the station, also known as Petersburg Station, as it prepares to handle higher-speed passenger service on a rebuilt rail line between Richmond and Raleigh.

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