The Richmond Staples Mill Road Amtrak station lies in Dumbarton, Virginia, an unincorporated suburb of Richmond. It is located in Henrico County, about 5 miles (8 km) north of downtown Richmond. The station was designed by David Volkert and Associates, and was built in 1975 as a replacement for Main Street Station in downtown Richmond, which had been heavily damaged by flooding from Hurricane Agnes. The station has an indoor waiting room with restrooms, a snack bar, and a teller window.Nearby modes of transportationThere are pedestrian sidewalks along Staples Mill Road, but the area surrounding the train station is a suburban sprawl area built in the 1970s. A designated line-up area for taxicabs is onsite next to the train station parking lot. GRTC bus service is available (via the #18 Henrico Shuttle map and the #27 Glenside Express map but you must walk east on Staples Mill Road a few blocks for each stop. There are a few rental car agencies within a mile of the station. The parking lot is only accessible from a single driveway, and payment for parking is through a set of self-service ticketing kiosks. Parking at the station is less than $10/day. The parking lot gets very crowded near train arrival and departure times. Plans have been in the works to expand it since at least 2014, but have not been carried out as of the beginning of 2016.
