An infrastructure project in Washington, D.C., will reduce Amtrak train service in Roanoke and Lynchburg and eliminate it in Danville for nine days next month.
The project, “Pause for Progress,” aims to replace switches and other aging track components in the First Street Tunnel by Washington’s Union Station. It will cut Amtrak service between Washington and Alexandria and affect multiple train routes south of Alexandria.
Work will begin after service ends on Oct. 16 and will wrap up before service resumes on Oct. 26, Amtrak said in a news release…