NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Amtrak will begin offering service between Norfolk and Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, providing an alternative route for tourists, business travelers and military officials who usually drive on the state’s congested highways between the two cities.

The train will make stops in Petersburg and Richmond before reaching the nation’s capital, and those who choose to can remain on the train for travel to the Northeast. When trains start rolling at 4:50 a.m. from a station at Norfolk’s minor league baseball stadium, it will be the first time passenger rail service has been offered in south Hampton Roads since 1977.