State transportation officials announce completion of bypass designed to alleviate Richmond, Virginia’s Acca Yard bottleneck

By C. SUAREZ ROJAS, Richmond Times-Dispatch; March 5, 2019

Trains traveling between Richmond’s Staples Mill and Main Street stations will be a bit faster thanks to a new track bypassing a notorious 2-mile bottleneck.

Virginia’s Department of Rail and Public Transportation on Monday announced the completion of a $132 million project that included improvements to the CSX-owned Acca Yard and upgrades installed around the Richmond region while celebrating the debut of expanded Amtrak train service in Norfolk.

Click here to read the full story.

Please share with others