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"coordination" The Port Authority, in theory, are a semi-autonomous entity that is supposed to help coordinate the crossings between NJ and NY (as well as managing the airports and seaports). In reality, they are yet another power-hungry fiefdom who don't particularly like coordinating and working well with others. |
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As I’ve said before, it is just a rather pitiful situation that is an astonishing waste of money for limited benefit. |
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There is some ridiculous arrangement whereby NJ Transit controls Penn Station for six months and LIRR the other six months of each year. This has been going on for 50+ years. |
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They want bespoke trains built especially for their needs too. NJT, MRA North, and LIRR want bespoke trains in the past, and will far into the future as well. Sorry, "Cascading" will not work here. The Port Authority already runs PATH trains between NY and NJ. It's one line out of over 26 lines. And to add to all the other incompatibilities, it is bespoke and its trains can't run anywhere else. It is not the solution. |
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Northern Trains onboarded a lot of Thameslink's cascaded bi-mode class to fill service shortfalls. The latest addition to the Northern Trains fleet are refreshed class 323 trains cascaded from West Midlands Trains (the main operator in and around Birmingham), who are in turn acquiring a new fleet of class 730's. London Underground's old D stock which served London from 1980 - 2017 are now serving routes in Wales for Transport for Wales and South Western Railway's Island Line (which has a history of receiving cascaded Underground stock), and more will deployed onto lines operated by Great Western Trains routes. It isn't always a case of historic stock being cascaded, South Western Railway leased a fleet of new class 707 trains in 2017, but they have since been transferred to Southeastern Trains as of 2021, all because SWR opted to do a larger fleet refresh to streamline the fleet, replacing three train classes for one (701's). In short, it is pig-headed to think that rolling stock is some monolithic asset that can’t be deployed elsewhere, whether across the existing network (new, upgraded or intensified routes) or even elsewhere across the US where there is demand to expand or offer a service without the substantial cost of new stock. |
CDOT says Denver-to-Steamboat train could be years, not decades, away
By Nathaniel Minor and Nathan Heffel Colorado Public Radio Dec. 1, 2023 "Coloradans have dreamed for decades about new passenger rail lines to the mountains — and they’ve always gone unfulfilled. But a new project could be different. Colorado’s Department of Transportation Executive Director Shoshana Lew said in an interview with CPR News that new rail service from Denver to Steamboat Springs and beyond could start in less than a decade. The train would use existing Union Pacific freight tracks from Denver through the Moffat Tunnel to Winter Park, Steamboat Springs, Hayden and Craig and would complement existing CDOT-sponsored bus service and Amtrak’s Winter Park Express..." https://www.cpr.org/2023/12/01/denver-steamboat-train/ |
Proposed passenger rail line through Napa County is eligible for funding
By Barry Eberling Dec 18, 2023 Napa Valley Register "A 40-mile-long passenger train service proposed to run from Solano to Marin counties — and through Napa County — is eligible for federal funding. The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District, or SMART, made the announcement on Monday. The route has been designated for inclusion under the Federal Railroad Administration's corridor identification and development program. State Senate President-designee Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, in a news release called the move "a game-changer..." https://napavalleyregister.com/news/...a5f18488e.html |
I thought Amtrak was going to operate that line as a Branch of Capitol Corridor service.
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A railway expansion could make Bay Area-Sacramento commute easier by 2026. Here’s the plan
By Marcus D. Smith Sacramento Bee Feb. 13, 2024 https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/2...mage%20(2).png Image courtesy of the Sacramento Bee. "It may soon be a lot easier to commute from the Bay Area to Elk Grove and into Sacramento, especially if you like trains. The Altamont Corridor Express (ACE), a commuter rail service, plans to include Elk Grove as one of its stops from downtown San Jose through Sacramento. The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. According to a news release, the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission, which manages ACE, closed escrow on land for a station in Elk Grove late last month..." https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/tr...#storylink=cpy |
Northern California actually has a pretty decent coverage of passenger rail by American standards, but it's all run by different operators: CalTrain, Amtrak California, ACE, SMART, etc, not to mention the mass transit operators. Is there some kind of fare integration?
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