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Richmond, Virginia
Located in Shockhoe Bottom, the Renaissance Revival style Main Street Station opened in 1901 and today houses Amtrak, offices and events space. Its ornate, domed clock tower is a city landmark.
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Amtrak’s Station Planning Guidelines
The Station Program and Planning Guidelines have been developed to assist communities and planners in the planning, design, construction, rehabilitation and redevelopment of Amtrak-served facilities.
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“Customer Now” Station Upgrades
Amtrak is pursuing an ambitious $72.5 million program to improve the customer experience at stations across the network in fiscal year 2019 (Oct. 2018-Sept. 2019).
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Amtrak established the Great American Stations Project in 2006 to educate communities on the benefits of redeveloping train stations, offer tools to community leaders to preserve their stations, and provide the appropriate Amtrak resources.
Amtrak is America’s Railroad®, the nation’s intercity passenger rail service and its high-speed rail operator. More than 31.7 million customers traveled on Amtrak in FY 2018 on more than 300 daily trains that connect 46 states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian Provinces. Choose the smarter way to travel at Amtrak.com or call 800-USA-RAIL for schedules, fares and more information.