Work on improving Amtrak service and increasing trains: [urlhttps://wtop.com/dc-transit/2018/05/amtrak-boost-in-va-no-extra-track-through-ashland-part-of-final-dc2rva-recomendations/]WTOP.com[/url]
More Amtrak and VRE service recommended in Va.DC2RVA project map, courtesy Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation.
WASHINGTON — A plan to significantly increase the number of Amtrak trains between Washington and Richmond, add to Virginia Railway Express commuter rail service, and allow for more freight traffic along the Interstate 95 corridor is moving forward with new recommendations solidified this week from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation.
The recommendations being presented Tuesday to a Commonwealth Transportation Board subcommittee include pieces approved in December and additional comments asking the Federal Railroad Administration to support building an additional track from Arlington to Ashland in the hopes of providing a better, more frequent and more reliable alternative to sitting in Interstate 95 traffic.
Two new tracks would be built between Arlington and the District after separate plans for an expanded Long Bridge are completed in coming years.
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After significant public pressure, the Department of Rail and Public Transportation now recommends no new construction in Ashland, where trains would merge from three tracks to the current two for about two miles through the town.
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In Northern Virginia, design is 30 percent complete on a $220 million third track between Franconia and Occoquan.
The early design for Virginia’s $225 million fourth track that will connect to the new Long Bridge is due to be complete by the end of the year.
In the Richmond area, new bypass tracks around a CSX freight yard are due to open in January. Newly expanded parking at the busiest station in the state, Staples Mill, is due to open this summer.
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DC2RVA project map, courtesy Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation.
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