Does anyone here have a idea of what the timetable will look like? Where will they stop and anyplace else they might go?
The plan is to begin service to Roanoke by spring 2017. However, it has hit a snag that may delay the start date. The issue is the accessibility of the station platform in Roanoke.
More information can be found at this link to the Roanoke Times:
http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/roanoke/amtrak-platform-issue-pits-project-team-against-federal-regulators/article_5d22fd80-f488-5fa9-bf91-335bd9810db2.html
Unfortunatly, this is one of the things that cause people to dislike Washington DC. The train wll leave from a low level platform in Washington DC and serve other stations with low level platforms but that doesn’t mater. New rules MUST BE FOLLOWED. The FRA has spoken. Do it our way or not at all. What a lack of intelligence.
Apparently, the people who declare what height platforms must not have visited the lower level of the Washington station.
Back when the Metroliners were new, there was a high level platform poured in Washington (and other stations which had ordinary platforms) so passengers would not have to jump up to get on or jump down to get off.
Perhaps these people wil, out of their own pockets, pay to have a track for passenger trains at each station which does not have a high level platform?[}:)]
Edited to make sense in the first sentence.