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#11 Javelin

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Posted 26 February 2016 - 08:29 PM

"Negotiations to buy part of Tacoma’s Freighthouse Square for new Amtrak station reach impasse.

WSDOT initiates condemnation in court but doubts decision will be in time to save the project

Amtrak plans to use Freighthouse in some form regardless of stalemate..."

The story is here

 

The Point Defiance By-Pass Page states:

 

It seems unbelievable that Washington State/Amtrak would have proceeded this far (roadbed to complete the connection to the main line is being worked on) and they have not secured a station site before hand.



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Posted 27 February 2016 - 07:40 AM

 

 

Fight over planned Amtrak station in Tacoma

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http://www.king5.com...acoma/81021906/



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Posted 25 March 2016 - 11:09 AM

 

 

Tacoma Amtrak station construction to begin in June after deal with Freighthouse Square owner A new deal between the owner of Tacoma’s historic Freighthouse Square and the state will allow new Tacoma rail passenger station to open on schedule next year.

 
 

http://www.thenewstr...le68171712.html


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Posted 30 March 2016 - 11:19 AM

Progressive Railroading, 3/30/16:
 

Amtrak Cascades station construction to start in June


Construction will kick off in June on a new Amtrak station in Tacoma, Wash., the Washington State Department of Transportation's (WSDOT) Rail Division announced late last week.

The station will be built in Tacoma's Freighthouse Square and located along the Amtrak Cascades route.

The project will go to bid April 4. The station is slated to open in fall 2017, WSDOT officials said in a press release.

 

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Posted 30 March 2016 - 11:22 AM

WSDOT news release:

 

Amtrak Cascades station moving forward in Tacoma’s Freighthouse Square

 

Date:  Thursday, March 24, 2016

Construction set to start in June; station opens in 2017

 

OLYMPIA – Construction of the new Amtrak Cascades station in Tacoma’s Freighthouse Square will begin in June, Washington State Department of Transportation officials announced Thursday, March 24.

 

“We are very excited to see this crucial project moving forward,” said Ron Pate, director of WSDOT’s Rail Division. “This station is a great addition to Tacoma’s Dome District and will help improve passenger rail service throughout the Amtrak Cascades corridor.”

 

The building’s owner has signed a possession and use agreement for the center section of the building. This agreement allows WSDOT to start work while the courts determine a fair purchase price for the building as part of eminent domain proceedings. WSDOT started the legal process last month after purchase agreement talks reached an impasse. The federal grant paying for the station has strict completion deadlines, which were in jeopardy when negotiations stalled.

 

The station was designed in consultation with an active Citizens Advisory Committee and city officials. It features large glass windows for a bright, welcoming lobby, wooden columns, terrazzo flooring and sliding and vertical lift doors to create an indoor/outdoor public space. The station will serve Amtrak Cascades trains and Amtrak’s Coast Starlight long-distance service. The station also is adjacent to the Sound Transit station in Freighthouse Square and across the street from the Pierce Transit Tacoma Dome Station, helping to create a multimodal hub for residents and travelers.

 

The project will go to bid April 4, with construction starting in June. The station is scheduled to open in fall 2017.

 

The new station is part of the $89.1 million Point Defiance Bypass high-speed rail project, which will reroute passenger train traffic through DuPont, Lakewood and Tacoma, creating a faster and more reliable travel route. Point Defiance Bypass is one of 20 projects in the federally funded Cascades High-Speed Rail Program. When complete in 2017, the projects will add two more daily roundtrips between Seattle and Portland, for a total of six; reduce travel time between the two cities and improve on-time reliability to 88 percent.



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Posted 17 May 2016 - 11:45 AM

Progressive Railroading, 5/17/16:

Washington State DOT set to build new Amtrak station


The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) last week awarded a contract to Garco Construction Inc. to build a new Amtrak station in Tacoma, Wash.

Construction is slated to begin June 6 and to be completed in fall 2017, WSDOT officials said in a press release.

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Posted 23 July 2017 - 12:06 AM

The new station is nearing completion, but the new trestle project may be the deciding factor as to when AMTRAK shunts its train onto the new route.

 

 

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Posted 28 July 2017 - 01:30 PM

I've driven by the New Tacoma station and the question that has yet to be answered is how the drop off and pick up of passengers is going to be accomplished with the limited car access directly in front of the station? Although there is a parking garage a block away, it's not going to help with the pick up or drop off of passengers.  One solution which I put forth to Sound Transit (the overseer-er of this project) was to retain the old Amtrak station (about 3 blocks away) as  "cell phone" lot.  I did receive a reply stating  "that they would pass my suggestion on."  I hope others will contact Amtrak and Sound Transit with suggestions.


Edited by Javelin, 28 July 2017 - 01:31 PM.


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Posted 07 August 2017 - 02:06 PM

Stopped by the current Tacoma Amtrak Station on 8/4/17 and talked to the ticket agent about the upcoming move to Freighthouse Square. He stated that they are hearing "December 2017" for the change over to the new  station. When asked about turning the present station into a cell phone lot, he said that Amtrak is "working on getting a cell phone lot," but not at the old station location which he says will go back to the BNSF, This is all un-official.



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Posted 10 August 2017 - 11:52 PM

Stopped by the current Tacoma Amtrak Station on 8/4/17 and talked to the ticket agent about the upcoming move to Freighthouse Square. He stated that they are hearing "December 2017" for the change over to the new  station. When asked about turning the present station into a cell phone lot, he said that Amtrak is "working on getting a cell phone lot," but not at the old station location which he says will go back to the BNSF, This is all un-official.

 

Thanks for the personal update.  That's pushing it back two or three months from the earlier estimate, but still this year (if it indeed holds).  Since I am planning on taking one of the last trains to use the Point Defiance route and one of the first to use the new bypass, short daylight December is certainly not optimal, but I can live with it!


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