Virginia Breeze begins bus service to Northern Virginia

A new transportation option is available between the New River Valley and the Washington, D.C. area beginning Dec. 1. The Virginia Breeze is a new intercity bus service connecting Blacksburg with Union Station in Washington D.C. The daily route includes several stops in the New River Valley, Shenandoah Valley and Northern Virginia.

The Virginia Breeze will make daily morning departures from the Virginia Tech Squires Student Center, located at 290 College Ave. in Blacksburg at 8 a.m., and arrive at the Union Station Washington D.C. bus deck at 2:30 p.m. A second, southbound bus will depart Union Station at 9:20 a.m. daily, making the reverse trip and arriving at the Squires Student Center by 3:40 p.m. For more information about the service, please go to http://catchthevabreeze.com.