State bus line debuts new east-west route that connects 10 cities across Virginia
Tickets for the Tidewater Current range from $15 to $60 and the full route from Virginia Beach to Harrisonburg takes just over six hours.
By: Ian Stewart - April 22, 2026 5:26 am

Travelers looking to traverse the commonwealth from east to west and vice versa have a new, daily option courtesy of the Virginia Breeze, the state’s city-linking bus service. The new line, dubbed the Tidewater Current, debuted Monday.

It “will connect 10 cities (and) five counties,” said Mariia Zimmerman, director of Virginia’s Department of Rail and Public Transportation. “You can jump on or off at Virginia Beach,” Zimmerman said, with the motorcoach service terminating in Harrisonburg.

This is the first time Virginia Breeze buses will run across the state in that direction. Past routes only ran south to north, from areas like Blacksburg, Danville or Bristol to Washington, D.C.

The new line will leave daily from the Virginia Beach Convention Center at 6:30 a.m. and include stops in Newport News, New Kent, and Richmond’s Main Street Station. After a stop in Charlottesville, there’s a stop in Staunton before the bus reaches the final destination: Goodwin Transit Center on the James Madison University Campus.

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