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Washington: Amtrak to suspend rail service south of D.C. for nine days in October
Amtrak will shut down a key tunnel junction south of Washington Union Station for nine days, October 16–26, with bus bridges replacing rail service from Virginia.
Why it matters
A-Interlocking routes every Amtrak and Virginia Railway Express movement between Washington Union Station and Virginia. Its failing switches currently force a 10-mph crawl that ripples delays up and down the Northeast Corridor — Amtrak says a single concentrated shutdown now beats months of unplanned failures later.
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Amtrak's "Pause for Progress" project will shut down A-Interlocking inside the First Street Tunnel, just south of Washington Union Station, for nine days: from after the close of service on Friday, October 16, 2026, until service resumes Monday morning, October 26. Crews will replace life-expired switches and crossovers, rehabilitate the tunnel track base and install modern electric switch systems.
Travelers to or from Washington, D.C. from the south should expect significant service reductions and cancellations on the Northeast Regional, Carolinian, Cardinal, Floridian, Silver Meteor, Palmetto and Crescent. Most Virginia trains will terminate at Alexandria; Amtrak will run three round-trip bus bridges between Alexandria and Washington plus express buses from Roanoke, Lynchburg, Charlottesville, Richmond, Norfolk, Newport News and Williamsburg.
Northeast Corridor service north of Washington — the Washington–New York–Boston segment — will run normally. Amtrak advises passengers traveling during the window to check itineraries at Amtrak.com, as schedules may shift and fares on shoulder dates tend to rise.
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