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2 more Amtrak Cascades R-Trips; trains go via Lakewood; start Dec 18
Author: Graham Buxton
Date: 10-04-2017 - 18:31

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WSDOT adds two daily Amtrak Cascades roundtrips starting Dec.18
All trains move to new inland route between Tacoma and Olympia


OLYMPIA – Just in time for the holidays, WSDOT is starting two additional Amtrak Cascades daily roundtrips between Seattle and Portland. Beginning Monday, Dec. 18, extra morning and evening trains will run in both directions – for a total of 12 trains every day.

“People can get where they’re going sooner, with more schedule choices and better reliability,” said Ron Pate, WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division director.

This permanent change to the Amtrak Cascades schedule means travel time between the two cities will be reduced by 10 minutes to 3 hours and 20 minutes, thanks to the rerouting of trains between Tacoma and Olympia and the upgrading of tracks and signal systems. The new route takes trains on an inland corridor parallel to Interstate 5 through Tacoma, Lakewood, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and DuPont. It eliminates a major chokepoint for passenger trains near Point Defiance in Tacoma and separates them from freight trains that will continue to use the old waterfront route. The results are shorter travel times and greater on-time reliability.

Read the rest here:
[www.wsdot.wa.gov]


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  2 more Amtrak Cascades R-Trips; trains go via Lakewood; start Dec 18 Graham Buxton 10-04-2017 - 18:31
  Re: 2 more Amtrak Cascades R-Trips; Coast Starlight too ??? George Andrews 10-04-2017 - 20:15
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