Amtrak has been considering moving their service for the
Atlanta area to a site near this station to replace their
current station in the Brookwood neighborhood. While agreements with
MARTA and
Norfolk Southern are necessary, this would provide the station with a direct connection with
Amtrak Crescent service to
New York City,
Charlotte,
Washington, DC,
Birmingham, and
New Orleans. The station site is also proposed for possible intercity service on the
Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor's Charlotte to Atlanta segment, should a future analysis choose an approach into Atlanta via
Norfolk Southern Railway trackage. If the alignment through Doraville is chosen, it is assumed at all trains along the corridor would stop here, due to its connection to the
MARTA rail system. Amtrak had again listed Doraville as a proposed station stop along a corridor route from
Charlotte, North Carolina to Atlanta as part of their "Connects US" plan in May 2021. As part of this vision, three round trips would operate to Charlotte daily, with two of these trips extending to
Union Station in
Raleigh, North Carolina as a possible extension of the existing
Piedmont service. ==References==