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Martinez, Calif.
In addition to a spacious waiting room, the intermodal facility houses the Martinez Visitors Center. The station project, completed in the early 2000s, also included construction of a park, walking trail and a flood control and restoration project along Alhambra Creek.
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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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Newport News Station Work Begins
The modern facility, designed to handle growing ridership and future increased train service, will be located at a new, centralized location and is expected to open in mid-2022. It will accommodate Amtrak, local buses, taxis and airport shuttles.
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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 32.5 million customers traveled on Amtrak in FY 2019 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.