First power test of Denver Airport RTD

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Not to completely derail the DEN subject with EWR talk, but are you thinking a dedicated NYP-EWR shuttle every 15 minutes? Or just a combination of "regular" NJT trains every 15ish minutes?

Couldn't that be run now, at least off-peak, with half-hourly NEC trains and half-hourly NJC trains, or something like that? Honest question, as I am by no means an expert on NJT and the capacity of Amtrak/NJT tracks in that area.
 
Possible on weekdays but not on weekends due to single track ops between Secaucus and New York on weekends. To just do a shuttle to/from EWR a better train turning facility would be needed at North Elizabeth Yard. If such a service were ever to run it should probably be run by PANYNJ connecting EWR to Jamaica with stops at Newark, Secaucus and New York Penn Station.
 
http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2015/04/17/another-look-at-rtds-dia-commuter-railcars.html

Service is schedule to start in 2016. Allegedly it might happen ahead of schedule.
There was some talk that they are trying to get it open by Thanksgiving 2015. They can thank SEPTA for working (most of) the bugs out of the SLV's, and with a brand new route, all the traction, signal and communications stuff will be state-of-the-art. This will be definitely worth a mileage run, particularly if they get it open by the end of the year when invariably I am looking for EQM's.
 
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There was some talk that they are trying to get it open by Thanksgiving 2015. They can thank SEPTA for working (most of) the bugs out of the SLV's, and with a brand new route, all the traction, signal and communications stuff will be state-of-the-art.

This will be definitely worth a mileage run, particularly if they get it open by the end of the year when invariably I am looking for EQM's.
They might open the airport line early before the end of 2015? That would be impressive. With 3 new electrified Regional rail lines under construction and officially slated to open in 2016, Denver RTD has a lot of work ahead of them to get the lines up and running.

Among US cities, Denver and Los Angeles will see the most significant expansion of their rail transit systems by the end of 2016. Will be interesting to see if there is any noticeable or detectable secondary effect on Amtrak ridership growth for the Union Stations in both cities.
 
And here we are in Florida, still standing along the Highways with our thumbs out!!!! In Pinellas County, it's like pulling teeth to get a Bus System Goin!!!!
 
I must say that Orange and Miami-Dade are doing significantly better than Pinellas. :) Broward and Palm Beach are doing OK too with a slew of counties adjacent to Orange in a similar situation. Hopefully in 5 years we might get at least one station in Brevard too!
 
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RTD is in for a rude awakening when they find out that those cars are trash. Anything by Rotem is trash.
Do you operate or maintain these cars to have a first hand opinion? Or is this outburst based on armchair opinion driven by hearsay? Just curious.
 
RTD is in for a rude awakening when they find out that those cars are trash. Anything by Rotem is trash.
Do you operate or maintain these cars to have a first hand opinion? Or is this outburst based on armchair opinion driven by hearsay? Just curious.
Jis, I have a friend who works on them at Septa and says they are trash. I've also talked to many Septa crews who despise them. On top of that I've been on a set that decided to go into Emergency in the middle of 16th Street Jct going to the Norristown Line. Which tied up everything.
 
RTD is in for a rude awakening when they find out that those cars are trash. Anything by Rotem is trash.
Do you operate or maintain these cars to have a first hand opinion? Or is this outburst based on armchair opinion driven by hearsay? Just curious.
Jis, I have a friend who works on them at Septa and says they are trash. I've also talked to many Septa crews who despise them. On top of that I've been on a set that decided to go into Emergency in the middle of 16th Street Jct going to the Norristown Line. Which tied up everything.
I know commuters on Metrolink who like the new Rotem cars.
 
Jis, I have a friend who works on them at Septa and says they are trash. I've also talked to many Septa crews who despise them. On top of that I've been on a set that decided to go into Emergency in the middle of 16th Street Jct going to the Norristown Line. Which tied up everything.
I know commuters on Metrolink who like the new Rotem cars.
In fairness, it's not a mutually exclusive set of truths to say that crews despise them and passengers like them. That said, regular rail riders have all been on equipment that's crapped out at inopportune times. I don't think Amtrak or commuter agencies would operate ANY equipment if it weeded out everything that had a problem at one point or another.
 
Good point.

There's also something of a difference between EMUs and unpowered trailers. You can have the worlds greatest coach, but if it can't go anywhere because the propulsion systems suck, it doesn't do a lot of good.
 
Good point.

There's also something of a difference between EMUs and unpowered trailers. You can have the worlds greatest coach, but if it can't go anywhere because the propulsion systems suck, it doesn't do a lot of good.
True.

But new equipments having glitch here and there is not new. Give ROTEM a chance, Vancouver is ok with em.
 
But new equipments having glitch here and there is not new. Give ROTEM a chance, Vancouver is ok with em.
Yeah, this isn't like Breda, which has "terrible, do not buy" reports from at least three major cities. Most reports on Rotem are good.
 
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But new equipments having glitch here and there is not new. Give ROTEM a chance, Vancouver is ok with em.
Yeah, this isn't like Breda, which has "terrible, do not buy" reports from at least three major cities. Most reports on Rotem are good.
Figure from Philly experience Rotem should have solved most of the glitch for RTD.
 
But new equipments having glitch here and there is not new. Give ROTEM a chance, Vancouver is ok with em.
Yeah, this isn't like Breda, which has "terrible, do not buy" reports from at least three major cities. Most reports on Rotem are good.
Yes, I agree. I have ridden on Rotem products elsewhere in the world and in general they have been pretty good. So I view any problems at SEPTA to be transient in nature, until proven otherwise.
I suppose Hitachi will get to fix Breda now.
 
Why is that overdone? The higher voltage means fewer substations, and greater power available to the vehicles. It's also the standard for electrified railways. But while they aren't extending the airport line itself, they are adding other electrified commuter rail lines. I just wish more places were building new electrified systems.
 
Why is that overdone? The higher voltage means fewer substations, and greater power available to the vehicles. It's also the standard for electrified railways. But while they aren't extending the airport line itself, they are adding other electrified commuter rail lines. I just wish more places were building new electrified systems.

I think someone already answered it before but will the electrified sections host freight trains?
 
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