
Richmond International Airport; source Ned Russell/Wiki Commons
Richmond Transportation
Airport
Richmond International Airport (RIC) is a midsize airport that hosts 200 daily flights and anchors Richmond Transportation. It features daily non-stop flights to Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Cleveland, New York, Boston, Detroit, Chicago, Toronto and Minneapolis.
Car Rentals: RIC Airport provides service by Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Hertz, National, and Thrifty. Greater Richmond Transit Company (804-358-4782) offers public buses to the Richmond Main Street Station and to downtown and greater Richmond locations.
Limousines: Groome Transportation (804-222-7222) limo sedans are available curbside of the Baggage Claim area. Two more providers are CMC Limousine (804-360-2122) and Gill’s Limousine (804-714-0458).

Richmond Main Street Station; (c) Soul Of America
Train Station
Richmond is served by two Amtrak train stations. The neo-classical Main Street Station located at 1500 East Main Street downtown, and the other station is at 7519 Staples Mill Road in the northern suburbs. Richmond receives service on these Amtrak routes:
Northeast Regional: Boston-New Haven-NYC-Philadelphia-Baltimore-DC-Richmond-Newport News
Carolinian/Piedmont: Charlotte-Greensboro-Durham-Raleigh-Richmond-DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-NYC
Silver Service/Palmetto: NYC-Philadelphia-Baltimore-DC-Richmond-Raleigh-Charleston-Savannah-Jacksonville-Orlando-Miami
Amtrak Northeast Regional currently runs 7 daily roundtrips and Amtrak Carolinian/Piedmont and Palmetto/Silver Service run 2 daily roundtrips for 9 daily roundtrips in Washington-Richmond corridor. Three of those daily Northeast Regional roundtrips extend from Richmond to Norfolk.

Restored lobby leading to the waiting area of Richmond Main Street Station; (c) Soul Of America
Despite its mish-mash architecture next to I-95 Freeway viaduct, Main Street Station in downtown Richmond has polished marble floors and upgraded meeting places. Though an ATM is not available, it does feature an Elevator, clean restrooms, and sufficient ticketing kiosks.
Raleigh-Richmond-Washington is a U.S. High Speed Rail Corridor being upgraded to 110 mph Amtrak service. A new bridge across the Potomac River and 23 miles of tracks are being upgraded by 2026 that will increase Amtrak schedule reliability from Washington to Richmond. More Amtrak upgrades are coming by 2030 to enable 14 daily Washington-Richmond roundtrips. After 2030, Amtrak Richmond-Raleigh and Amtrak Richmond-Norfolk services are slated for faster and more frequent service too.

Pulse BRT station on Broad Street, Richmond; (c) Soul Of America
Rapid Transit
Pulse is a convenient Bus Rapid Transit line that serves 7.6 mostly linear miles along Broad Street and Main Street from Rocketts Landing in Richmond to Willow Lawn in Henrico County. It features stops at Staples Mill, Virginia Science Museum, VCU and VUU college campuses, Convention Center, Government Center, Main Street Station, Shockhoe Bottom and East Riverfront. Post-COVID fares are free until that policy is revoked.
Pulse currently runs every 10 minutes in daytime and 15-30 minutes during evenings. Perhaps Pulse will convert to higher-capacity Metro Light Rail, increase to 6-12 minute frequency, and expand to more corridors in the 2030s.

Chillin’ after an invigorating Richmond Ride; (c) Visit Richmond
Tours
Richmond Rides
Make your own bicycle tour of beautiful Richmond for an hour, a day or several days. For more info visit https://www.raba.org/weekly-rides/
In the Beginning … Virginia Tour
Elegba Folklore Society presents this interpretive tour of unmarked sites in Richmond’s history. Elegba may well be the ultimate Afrocentric Richmond cultural event. With all of their festival and community contacts, if they don’t know where it is, you won’t be able to find it. Tourists board a bus to visit sites where monuments do not exist. These sites tell the other story not listed in common history books. Tour leader techniques include call-and-response, vocal and instrumental music, narrative presentations and dialogue. Participants can immerse themselves in past occurrences that impact our perspectives today.
ADDRESS: 101 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA
PHONE: 804-644-3900
WEBSITE: https://efsinc.org
Metro Richmond Visitor Centers
The centers also sell tour tickets, specialty gift items, Virginia products and souvenirs.
ADDRESS: 403 North 3rd Street
PHONE: 804-783-7450
WEBSITE: http://www.visitrichmondva.com

Take a Venture Richmond cruise along Canal Walk; (c) Visit Richmond
Cruises
Venture Richmond
Enjoy 35-minute historically narrated tours or private charters of the James River & Kanawha Canal along the historic Canal Walk in covered boats holding up to 38 passengers; boats departs on the hour from the Turning Basin.
ADDRESS: 14th and Dock Streets downtown
PHONE: 804-649-2800
WEBSITE: https://venturerichmond.com/our-services/riverfront-canal-cruises/
Freeways
Richmond Freeway Network is generally well maintained and goes to all high-activity centers. Unfortunately, freeway signage into Downtown Richmond is poor and Rush Hour congestion is heavy on I-95 and I-64 freeways through the city.
NOTE: In Virginia, radar detectors are illegal and must be removed from the dashboard. I-295 and I-64 freeways are often crowded on weekends and holidays with traffic to/from Virginia Beach. When traffic is flowing, Richmond is 90 minutes from Virginia Beach and 105 minutes from Washington.