Editing Woodstock, Virginia (section)

== Transportation ==
[[File:2019-07-09 10 33 05 View north along Interstate 81 from the overpass for Virginia State Route 42 (West Reservoir Road) in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia.jpg|thumb|right|View north along Interstate 81 from SR 42 in Woodstock]]
[[Interstate 81 in Virginia|Interstate 81]] is the main highway providing access to Woodstock. I-81 extends south to Tennessee and north to West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. [[Virginia State Route 42]] extends southwest from Woodstock into rural southwestern Shenandoah County. SR 42 also connects I-81 to [[U.S. Route 11 in Virginia|U.S. Route 11]], which serves as a local service road for I-81 and is known as Main Street within Woodstock.  Route 11 follows the historical route through the Shenandoah Valley, and was once known as the Indian Road and later the Great Wagon Road<ref name="auto5"/> and the [[Valley Pike]]. Route 11 is now the principal local through road connecting towns in the Valley and is dotted with historical markers and scenic points.

The Norfolk Southern railroad has a rail line that runs through town for which service has been discontinued, but Norfolk Southern has been unclear as to whether they will fully abandon the line.<ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnronline.com/shenandoah_valley_herald/money-logistics-halt-rails-to-trails-project/article_97e92648-27db-11e8-8098-632a55c8acad.html|title=Money, logistics halt Rails to Trails project|first=Kelly|last=Clark|website=Daily News-Record}}</ref> It is part of a roughly 17 mile stretch of discontinued railroad line from Edinburg, VA to Strasburg, VA.<ref name="auto3"/> Norfolk Southern announced in 2016 it was planning on no longer servicing the line.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nvdaily.com/news/local-news/planning-continues-for-woodstock-rails-to-trails-project/article_52ff56f0-1760-5eec-a20e-23e419c0df79.html|title=Planning continues for Woodstock Rails to Trails project|first=Melissa|last=Topey|website=The Northern Virginia Daily}}</ref> The rail bed is now increasingly overgrown with weeds and has not been maintained and putting it back into service would be costly and especially unlikely since there is no prospect of industry that needs rail service in volume that would be profitable for Norfolk Southern. There is discussion and ideas surrounding making 2.5 miles<ref name="auto3"/> of the discontinued line in Woodstock into a rail trail,<ref name="auto2"/> but the program's funding has not been determined, and neither have the intentions of Norfolk Southern regarding the rail line.<ref name="auto2"/> As part of its fiscal 2018 budget, the Woodstock Town Council approved $40,000 in capital improvement funds to hire a designer to develop blueprints of the trail system, but no designer has been hired yet, as the program is still in the "exploratory phase."<ref name="auto3"/>

Shenandoah Valley Commuter Bus Service offers weekday commuter bus service from Northern [[Shenandoah Valley]] including [[Shenandoah County, Virginia|Shenandoah County]] and [[Warren County, Virginia|Warren County]] to [[Northern Virginia]] and [[Washington, D.C.]] including [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]] and [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]].  Origination points in [[Shenandoah County, Virginia|Shenandoah County]] include Woodstock.  Origination points in [[Warren County, Virginia|Warren County]] include [[Front Royal, Virginia|Front Royal]] and [[Linden, Virginia|Linden]].