Newtown Road (Tide station)
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Newtown Road is light rail
station on the Tide Light Rail
line in Norfolk
, Virginia
, U.S.A., which opened in August 2011. Newtown Road is situated along the north side of Curlew Drive, just west of Newtown Road, at the Norfolk/Virginia Beach
city line and serves as the initial eastern terminus of the line. The station is adjacent to the Interstate Corporate Center and the Sentara Leigh Hospital.
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
station on the Tide Light Rail
Tide Light Rail
The Tide is a light rail line in Norfolk, Virginia, connecting Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk State University, and Newtown Road. Service began on August 19, 2011....
line in Norfolk
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
, Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
, U.S.A., which opened in August 2011. Newtown Road is situated along the north side of Curlew Drive, just west of Newtown Road, at the Norfolk/Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...
city line and serves as the initial eastern terminus of the line. The station is adjacent to the Interstate Corporate Center and the Sentara Leigh Hospital.