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The Tide is a 7.4 mi (12 km) light rail line in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, owned and operated by Hampton Roads Transit (HRT). It connects Eastern Virginia Medical School, downtown Norfolk, Norfolk State University, and Newtown Road.
The term "Hampton Roads" is a centuries-old designation that originated when the region was a struggling English outpost nearly four hundred years ago.. The word "Hampton" honors one of the founders of the Virginia Company of London and a great supporter of the colonization of Virginia, Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton.
Hampton Roads Transit is governed by the Transportation District Commission of Hampton Roads (TDCHR). The TDCHR was established in accordance with Chapter 45 of Title 15.2 of the Code of Virginia, as amended, referred to as the Transportation District Act of 1964 and by ordinances adopted by the governing bodies of its component governments.
Newtown Road is a Tide Light Rail station in Norfolk, Virginia.It opened in August 2011 and is situated on Curlew Drive at the city line between Norfolk and Virginia Beach.
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Hampton is served by a variety of radio stations on the AM and FM dials, with towers located around the Hampton Roads area. [72] Hampton is also served by several television stations. The Hampton Roads designated market area (DMA) is the 42nd largest in the U.S. with 712,790 homes (0.64% of the total U.S.). [73]
This view from space in July 1996 shows the majority of the Hampton Roads region which generally surround the harbor area of Hampton Roads, which framed by the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel visible to the east (right), the Virginia Peninsula subregion to the north (top), and the Monitor-Merrimac Memorial Bridge-Tunnel to the west (left) and the 3 branches of the Elizabeth River which drain into ...
Norfolk station is a train station in Norfolk, Virginia. [2] It sits along the Elizabeth River on the eastern edge of Downtown Norfolk, next to the Harbor Park baseball stadium and near the Harbor Park station of the Tide Light Rail system.