Four excavator operators must synchronize their work to lower a new piece of track called a turnout into place near Nisqually. Turnouts allow trains to move from one track to another. This turnout will allow passenger trains to start using a new route into Tacoma in 2017. The new route, which bypasses a single-lane tunnel and tight corners, will help avoid freight train congestion, cut travel time and improve on-time reliability.
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This rendering shows what the new station -- located in a portion of Tacoma's Freighthouse Square -- will look like once it's completed in 2017. The station is part of the overall Point Defiance Bypass project. The new station will be adjacent to the existing Sound Transit station.
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An interior arcade will separate the station, to the left, from the exterior entrance within Tacoma's Freighthouse Square.. Lift up doors on the exterior will create an indoor-outdoor public space in good weather.
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This project builds a new Amtrak Cascades station in Tacoma's Freighthouse Square. This drawing shows the design for the station interior.
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