New Amtrak Stop in Stanwood

Stanwood will be getting a new Amtrak stop in 2009, thanks to a state-funded project that will allow the trains to stop there for the first time in decades. With the area fast becoming a bedroom community for Everett and even Seattle, it's not surprising and very very welcome on two points. First, the region gets for train service. Second, the high speeds at which Amtrak runs through the town may now be cut out because trains will actually stopping there instead. The corner on which the platform will be located is where some folks have crossed and gotten hit.