(The following appeared on the NBC Philadelphia website on March 14, 2011.)
WILMINGTON, Del. — Frequent train rider, Vice President Joe Biden will be forever linked with the Wilmington train station.
In honor of the long-time Amtrak rider and strong advocate of passenger rail, the newly renovated station will be dedicated as the Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Railroad Station on Saturday.
As a U.S. Senator from Delaware for 36 years, Biden regularly traveled by train between Wilmington and Washington, D.C.
Wilmington Station underwent a nearly two-year, $37.7-million renovation. Funding for the project included $20 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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