District of Columbia Benefits
The National Gateway delivers almost $250 million of public benefits to the District of Columbia:
- Eliminates key passenger (Amtrak/MARC/VRE) and freight bottlenecks by providing an efficient double-stack and double-track route through the District
- Enhances rail transportation infrastructure to attract new business and jobs to the region
- Expands rail service to the District's markets and reducing overall freight shipping costs on goods entering and leaving the Baltimore-Washington region