Passenger trains, including Amtrak Cascades, must slow down due to curves and single-track tunnels on the BNSF Railway main line tracks near Point Defiance and along southern Puget Sound. This project reroutes passenger trains to a bypass. Most freight trains will continue to use the existing tracks in the Point Defiance area.
The proposed route of this WSDOT project is the same that Sound Transit will use to extend Sounder commuter rail service to Lakewood.
How can I get more information?
Contact:
Kevin Jeffers, P.E.
Project Manager
WSDOT State Rail and Marine Office
PO Box 47407
Olympia, WA 98504-7407
Phone: 360.705.7982
E-mail: Kevin Jeffers