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The Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak station is located in unincorporated Henrico County, Virginia, about 5 miles (8 km) north of downtown Richmond. The station was designed by David Volkert and Associates , and was built in 1975 as a replacement for Main Street Station in downtown Richmond, which had been heavily damaged by flooding from ...
Main Street Station serves as a secondary train station for Richmond providing limited Amtrak service directly to downtown Richmond. Several Amtrak trains serving the Richmond metropolitan area only stop at the area's primary rail station, Staples Mill Road which is located five miles to the north in Henrico County.
Staples Mill Road: 1975 Amtrak Carolinian, Palmetto, Northeast Regional, Silver Meteor, and Silver Star: CFP1.7 AY Interlocking: junction with Richmond and Petersburg Railroad; Connection at Acca Yard: CFP0.0 Broad Street Station: 1917 Closed in 1975, and now is the home of the Science Museum of Virginia.
On July 20, 2010, Amtrak added an additional Northeast Regional frequency from Washington to Richmond Staples Mill Road station, increasing the Washington-Richmond corridor to eight daily round trips with hourly northbound morning service. [26] One round trip was extended from Richmond to Norfolk starting December 12, 2012. [27]
The Southeast Corridor ( SEC) is a proposed passenger rail transportation project in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern United States to extend high-speed passenger rail services from the current southern terminus of the Northeast Corridor in Washington, D.C.. Routes would extend south via Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, with a spur to ...
Staples Mill station may refer to either of two transport facilities in Richmond, Virginia : Staples Mill station (GRTC), a Greater Richmond Transit Company bus rapid transit stop. Richmond Staples Mill Road station, an Amtrak station. Category: Station disambiguation pages.
In 1975, Amtrak built the considerably smaller (and far less attractive) Richmond Staples Mill Road station, abandoning Main Street Station. Brian Clay/istockphoto.
Description Richmond Staples Mill Road Station Building.JPG. English: A shot of the Amtrak Station at Staples Mill Road near Richmond, Virginia. I had to park two parking lots away to take this shot, because the parking lot requires a ticket to enter by car, and is protected by a booth. Date. Taken on 22 June 2010; 24 June 2010 (upload date)