What about high-speed rail? The U. Myriad ultrafast projects have been proposed over the years. Redmond, Wash. Texas Central Railway, a private railway company, is in talks to build a high-speed line connecting Dallas and Houston. But none of these projects are remotely near complete, and any one of them could be derailed along the way. Amtrak is planning some minor speed upgrades. Amtrak says Acela trains generally operate at miles per hour across most of the Northeast Corridor, though its timetables suggest average speeds of up to 90 miles per hour.
By contrast, true high-speed rail systems in countries like Japan and France can reach up to miles per hour for long stretches of rail. Still, Amtrak riders may be able to expect smaller improvements in the near future, like more frequent trains and service in new cities, including Chattanooga, Tenn.
That may be a sensible short-term strategy. But the plan may not attract riders. If the committment is parsed by the needs of one party over another freight taking precidence over passenger for instance then the commitment is null and void and will not be achieved. Politics and business are the arguements that ensue which are done quite well on other threads, so please don't answer here I am just making the observation for this thread, let the philosophical and political arguements be conducted on such other threads.
Phoebe Vet Somewhere on youtube I saw a video of exactly that idea proposed somewhere in Japan. I had also seen that video, I just couldn't work up enough effort to track it down and include when I could just let you guys assume I though of the idea first. Actually I remember seeing something quite similar in a Popular Mechanics type magazine in the 's. I also remember a science fiction short story that involved a skyport, a giant airplane that circled the earth, only landed once a month or so for maintenance.
Regular sized jets would ferry passengers, fuel and supplies. In that story when the shuttle planes docked with the mother ship there was a conveyor system that moved passengers and their seats into and out of the skyport. Also talking about cooperative, does anybody remember Amfleet once upon a time had entrance front and exit rear doors? I never noticed the system observed or enforced.
As for high level platforms, in the northeast we have enough of them that it's impractical to have multi-level passenger cars with doors in the low level, instead we put the doors over the trucks in the transition level. Meanwhile Chicago, etc Don't know why but it does. I'm sure Mudchicken can give us many reasons like the present Kate Shelly Bridge.
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Member since October 1, posts. It can take more than PTC and upgraded track to go faster than An alignment is needed with gentle curves broader than two degrees with tilt equipment and broader than one degree with non-tilting trains. Long stretches without at-grade crossings are needed to accelerate and sustain speeds substantially higher than mph just to save a minute.
Member since November 71 posts. Posted by jpwoodruff on Sunday, January 11, PM. Member since September 1, posts. Posted by aegrotatio on Monday, January 12, PM. Member since July 2, posts. Member since September From: US posts. Harvey is correct when he types that speed increases resulting from the use of PTC remain to be seen, and are not guaranteed.
I also seriously think that one should invest in increasing the average speed of each train route go through the route and eliminate slow orders and other speed restrictions, and make the hills and curves much more gentle , as one may receive better value from that investment than simply increasing the top speed over one segment of track on a route.
Member since August posts. Posted by gardendance on Thursday, January 15, PM. Patrick Boylan Free yacht rides, 27' sailboat, zip code Delaware River, get great Delair bridge photos from the river. Gardendance: Somewhere on youtube I saw a video of exactly that idea proposed somewhere in Japan. Posted by henry6 on Thursday, January 15, PM. Posted by blue streak 1 on Friday, January 16, PM. As for high level platforms, and I may be repeating myself: Railroads avoid mainline turnouts because of the maintenance and risk of derailment.
The costs of platform, track, and signaling cannot be justified with the volumes of boarding and alighting passengers typical for most medium distance corridor stations. The former requires substantial engineering improvements, even relocation and bypass. The latter entails costly acquisition of property with relocation of buildings and facilities. The combination of costs makes extensive upgrading to a maximum curvature of 1-degree impractical for the benefits that can be achieved.
The cost of upgrading the Auto Train route would go a long way toward a separate new high speed line. How much more successful would the Auto Train be; and would it pay for the investment? The balance speed for such a curve is 66 mph, so slower coal trains, for example, would be over-balanced and wear the inner rail. Posted by henry6 on Saturday, January 17, AM. Posted by gardendance on Monday, January 19, PM.
Posted by blue streak 1 on Monday, January 19, PM. Join our Community! The new trains are dual-mode. It will absolutely be a better passenger experience in the cabin itself.
We're very focused on our Americans with Disabilities Act riders and have worked with the ADA community to make sure we have incorporated attributes that are important to them. Certainly in some cases where track is reconstructed, speeds and trip times will improve. Will these 83 trains replace what you already have, or will you be able to expand service?
It is more like-for-like replacement than expansion of capacity. We have options on another train sets. As we work to build out what we call our Amtrak Connects strategy, growing ridership by 20 million riders per year, going from 32 million to 52 million, we can buy additional trains. Separate contract, separate manufacturer.
The Acela is made by Alstom. Yes, it was I think our ability to recover, post-pandemic, looks very encouraging. A little bit ahead of what we expected.
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