By Train in Blue Ridge Pkwy.

By Train

Amtrak has service three days a week to Charlottesville and Staunton, en route from New York and Chicago. The same train stops at Clifton Forge for the Homestead resort in Bath County. A complimentary shuttle bus on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday connects Roanoke (Campbell Court and Roanoke Airport Sheraton) and Clifton Forge Rail Station. Amtrak's Crescent runs between New York City and New Orleans and stops daily in Lynchburg and Charlottesville.

Contacts

Amtrak (800/872-7245. www.amtrak.com). Clifton Forge (400 Ridgeway St.). Kemper Street Station (825 Kemper St., Lynchburg. 434/847-8247). Staunton (1 Middlebrook Ave.). Union Station (810 W. Main St., Charlottesville. 434/296-4559).