In June we learned that Amtrak will soon begin running trains to Norfolk, but that the yet-to-be-built station will be adjacent to Harbor Park rather than in Norfolk’s immediate downtown.

Reader Adam Forehlig follows up on the story by calling BeyondDC’s attention to Norfolk’s station plan, which was submitted to the federal government for consideration in the TIGER2 program (meaning it will compete the Washington region’s bikesharing request).

The plan would develop one of Harbor Park’s surface parking lots into a new multi-modal transportation hub for the city. In the image below you can see the Amtrak platform (at bottom left), light rail platforms (top right), a regional bus facility, and a passenger drop-off area, in addition to station buildings and connecting arcades.

Given the constraints of the site it is an attractive and well-conceived plan, but as I did in June, I still worry that that chosen site is not the right one. If indeed this becomes Norfolk’s main hub for transit then it’s an even bigger problem that it is not located in easy walking distance from downtown.

Norfolk’s proposed Harbor Park multi-modal transportation center.