Virginia Breeze

The Virginia Breeze is an intercity bus service operated by Megabus, introduced by the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation. It is designed to connect underserved rural areas. The system operates four bus routes from Washington D.C. to many different parts of Virginia.

Virginia Breeze
Overview
Owner	Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
Locale	Commonwealth of Virginia
Transit type	Bus
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	30
Annual ridership	60,000[1]
Headquarters	Richmond, Virginia[2]
Website	https://virginiabreeze.drpt.virginia.gov/
Operation
Began operation	1 December 2017[3]
Technical
System length	1,220 miles

The service includes stops at Dulles International Airport and Union Station, facilitating connections to planes, trains, and other buses. From Union Station, passengers can connect with intercity bus and Amtrak services to cities along the Northeast Corridor, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston.^[4]

History

Virginia Breeze began operations in December 2017, funded through the Federal Transit Administration’s Intercity Bus Program^[5] and managed by the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation. It initially offered a single route between Blacksburg and Washington, D.C. Today, Virginia Breeze Bus Lines connects communities throughout Virginia with four routes from Southern and Southwestern Virginia to Northern Virginia^[4]

Routes

The Valley Flyer

The Valley Flyer is the busiest route of the system. This route starts at Blacksburg and has 7 intermediate stops. These are Christiansburg, Lexington, Staunton, Harrisonburg, Front Royal, Dulles International Airport, and West Falls Church Metrorail station. Its terminus is at Washington D.C. Union Station.^[6]

The Capital Connector

The Capital Connector starts at Martinsville and stops at Danville, South Boston, Farmville and Richmond, before arriving at Union Station.^[6]

The Piedmont Express

The Piedmont Express runs between Danville and Washington. This route starts at Danville and has 8 intermediate stops, which include: Altavista, Lynchburg, and Amherst, Charlottesville, Culpeper, Warrenton, Gainesville, and Dulles International Airport before arriving at Washington D.C. Union Station.^[6]

The Highlands Rhythm

The Highlands Rhythm runs starts at Bristol and stops at Wytheville, Radford, Christiansburg, Salem, Lexington, Staunton, Harrisonburg, Front Royal, Dulles International Airport and West Falls Church Metrorail station; its terminus is at Union Station.^[6]

Proposed Routes

The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation is proposing adding the first east-west line to the service in 2025. The new route is planned to run from Virginia Beach to Harrisonburg. The 235-mile trip will take about six-and-a-half hours one way, with stops in places like Charlottesville, Richmond, and Williamsburg, among others. The department couldn’t say what a ticket would cost. This would be the first line on Virginia Breeze’s schedule to connect to Hampton Roads.^[7]