With new safety improvements in place, Amtrak Cascade resumed service on the Point Defiance Bypass Thursday for the first time since the dramatic derailment in 2017 that killed three people and left dozens wounded.
Signal testing on the bypass began earlier in January for an eventual resumption on service. A total of eight trains on the Cascades and Coast Starlight, which resumed normal service levels in May, will use the bypass daily. Cascades trains will also now use the Tacoma Dome Station at 422 E 25th St.
“We are ready to safely resume service on the Bypass consistent with the steps required by our host railroad, Sound Transit, the Federal
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