U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday kicked off construction of a passenger rail line that will link the capitals of Virginia and North Carolina. Buttigieg took part in a groundbreaking ceremony in Raleigh for a bridge that will carry a roadway over a railroad line. The bridge is part of a $1.3 billion project to provide passenger service between downtown Raleigh and Wake Forest by 2030. It’s the first leg of what state and federal officials say will be a direct high-speed rail connection between Raleigh and the Northeast...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Gov. Roy Cooper broke ground Monday on a new high-speed rail line that will link Raleigh to Richmond, marking the project’s first phase, which includes constructing a bridge to carry Durant Road over a railroad line. The $1.3 billion project funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is the largest grant ever received by the NC Department of Transportation. It will provide passenger service between downtown Raleigh and Wake Forest by 2030 and is the first leg of a planned high-speed rail connection between Raleigh,...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Raleigh on Monday to break ground on a $1 billion project connecting the Triangle to the Northeast. The S-Line will introduce a passenger rail route between Raleigh and Richmond, Virginia. It is due to include stops in towns along the way, including Apex, Henderson, Wake Forest and Youngsville. Buttigieg and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper attended Monday’s event at 9230 Durant Road in Raleigh. Buttigieg said the project will create a lot of good before it’s done in 2029 or 2030. “It's creating good-paying...