What’s next for Greyhound service in Richmond after the city’s station closes in October?

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond officials have confirmed that the city’s Greyhound station, located across North Arthur Ashe Boulevard from the Diamond, will be closing in October.

33 of Greyhound’s properties across the country were purchased by Twenty Lake Holdings in 2021 — including stations in Chicago, Cleveland, Charlottesville and Richmond — with plans to turn the buildings into apartments or office buildings.

The Connecticut-based real estate investment firm said it plans to turn Richmond’s Greyhound station into apartments — but as of now, there is no official plan to replace the bus service that will be lost when the station is not longer in operation.

FlixBus, which has operated Richmond’s Greyhound service since the two companies merged in 2021, told 8News that the company is working on a multi-year agreement with the city to operate a bus stop across the street from Main Street Station — where some Greyhound busses have already been stopping since July.

Richmond Chief Administrative Officer Lincoln Saunders told 8News city officials are working to make sure that this change means residents who rely on transit will not be left without a way to travel to and from the city.

“We’ll continue to work to make sure that bus service is available, obviously through our Greater Richmond Transit Company [GRTC], but [also] working with partners such as Amtrak and Greyhound to make sure that our residents and visitors can access the city through bus and train,” he said.

Richmond City Council is expected to decide whether to approve the bus stop outside of Main Street Station in the coming months.

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