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said. A line through Rappahannock would allow Norfolk Southern to avoid that bottleneck.
“We’re doing a study to look at the feasibility of it,” Chapman said. “It’s s* ♦he«'"'v*:cal exercise at this point.”
The study is scheduled to be completed in the spring, he said.
Chapman neither confirmed nor denied the rumor that a four-mile tunnel would be part of a Rappahannock line. “At this point it’s too early to say what configuration that route would take,” he said.
The commonwealth has also taken an interest in the line.
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