neroden
Engineer
I assembled this just for my own interest but I thought others might find it interesting. Predicted dates for various upcoming improvements (and a few other things) from various sources. I've also mentioned some urban rail projects which should affect Amtrak, but only some.
Of course, all schedules may slip.
I've left out the NEC projects, the Piedmont projects, and the Pacific Surfliner projects mainly because I have no good grasp on their schedules. I haven't included California HSR or All Aboard Florida, deliberately, as their projected dates seem even flakier than usual. I'm probably missing some other stuff too.
2014
(April: SunRail opens in Florida)
May: St. Paul Union Depot gets Amtrak
(May: Amtrak's agreement not to ask UP for a daily Sunset Limited expires)
(June: St. Paul Union Depot gets urban rail line)
June: Grand Rapids new station opens
August: Dearborn new station opens
August: Blaine WA Customs Siding supposed to be finished
September: current (at-grade) Tower 55 project finishes in Ft. Worth
December: Englewood Flyover finishes
"winter": Mt Vernon siding in WA supposed to be finished
as soon as eminent domain proceedings finish: Troy MI station opens
December: Rochester station supposed to start construction
End of year: last chance for Raton Pass route
Viewliner IIs start delivery
NY major trackwork starts
MI major trackwork continues
Moline trackwork starts
Niagara Falls station supposed to start construction (if bids work out)
Metrolink expects to complete PTC implementation
(Chicago Central Loop BRT expected in front of Union Station)
2015
"first quarter": Vermonter reroute
December: Springfield MA Union Station
December: Moline service
"late": Rockford service
December 31: PTC deadline -- Amtrak, Metrolink, BNSF, SEPTA expected to meet deadline
Miami Central Station supposed to open
Bilevel corridor car deliveries supposed to start
ACS-64 deliveries supposed to finish
Schenectady station supposed to start construction
Point Defiance Bypass supposed to start construction
Tacoma Trestle supposed to start construction
Seattle King St. Station track improvements supposed to start construction
(Kansas City Streetcar opens connecting to KC Union Station)
(Expo Line Phase II opens in LA connecting Santa Monica to LA Union Station)
2016:
Probable early: SW Chief relocates to Transcon
"fall": 125 mph corridor diesel deliveries supposed to start
"fall": WA Toteff siding extension supposed to open
"end of": NH-H-S commuter rail in Connecticut supposed to open
Rochester station supposed to open
Niagara Falls station supposed to open
Viewliner deliveries supposed to finish
(Denver Union Station gets three more connecting urban rail lines)
(Sunrail Phase II opens and construction on those tracks finally finishes)
2017:
"mid": 125 mph corridor diesel deliveries supposed to finish
NY Trackwork supposed to be finished
MI Trackwork supposed to be finished
Schenectady station supposed to open
Point Defiance Bypass supposed to open
Tacoma Trestle replacement supposed to open
Seattle King St. Station track improvements supposed to open
WA "Kelso Martins Bluff new siding" and "Kelso to Longview Junction third main" supposed to open
Roanoke VA service supposed to start
Deadline for ARRA-funded improvements (such as a whole lot of Piedmont improvements as well as much of what's listed above)
2018:
Bilevel corridor car deliveries supposed to finish
Funded but AFAICT indefinitely postponed:
Waterloo IN new platform
West Detroit Junction work
relocation of Texas Eagle to Trinity Railway Express line
Not fully funded but likely to open in this timeframe:
"Western Corridor" from Rutland to Burlington VT
Raleigh Union Station
Supposedly these should already be built but I've heard nothing:
Indiana Gateway projects
Of course, all schedules may slip.
I've left out the NEC projects, the Piedmont projects, and the Pacific Surfliner projects mainly because I have no good grasp on their schedules. I haven't included California HSR or All Aboard Florida, deliberately, as their projected dates seem even flakier than usual. I'm probably missing some other stuff too.
2014
(April: SunRail opens in Florida)
May: St. Paul Union Depot gets Amtrak
(May: Amtrak's agreement not to ask UP for a daily Sunset Limited expires)
(June: St. Paul Union Depot gets urban rail line)
June: Grand Rapids new station opens
August: Dearborn new station opens
August: Blaine WA Customs Siding supposed to be finished
September: current (at-grade) Tower 55 project finishes in Ft. Worth
December: Englewood Flyover finishes
"winter": Mt Vernon siding in WA supposed to be finished
as soon as eminent domain proceedings finish: Troy MI station opens
December: Rochester station supposed to start construction
End of year: last chance for Raton Pass route
Viewliner IIs start delivery
NY major trackwork starts
MI major trackwork continues
Moline trackwork starts
Niagara Falls station supposed to start construction (if bids work out)
Metrolink expects to complete PTC implementation
(Chicago Central Loop BRT expected in front of Union Station)
2015
"first quarter": Vermonter reroute
December: Springfield MA Union Station
December: Moline service
"late": Rockford service
December 31: PTC deadline -- Amtrak, Metrolink, BNSF, SEPTA expected to meet deadline
Miami Central Station supposed to open
Bilevel corridor car deliveries supposed to start
ACS-64 deliveries supposed to finish
Schenectady station supposed to start construction
Point Defiance Bypass supposed to start construction
Tacoma Trestle supposed to start construction
Seattle King St. Station track improvements supposed to start construction
(Kansas City Streetcar opens connecting to KC Union Station)
(Expo Line Phase II opens in LA connecting Santa Monica to LA Union Station)
2016:
Probable early: SW Chief relocates to Transcon
"fall": 125 mph corridor diesel deliveries supposed to start
"fall": WA Toteff siding extension supposed to open
"end of": NH-H-S commuter rail in Connecticut supposed to open
Rochester station supposed to open
Niagara Falls station supposed to open
Viewliner deliveries supposed to finish
(Denver Union Station gets three more connecting urban rail lines)
(Sunrail Phase II opens and construction on those tracks finally finishes)
2017:
"mid": 125 mph corridor diesel deliveries supposed to finish
NY Trackwork supposed to be finished
MI Trackwork supposed to be finished
Schenectady station supposed to open
Point Defiance Bypass supposed to open
Tacoma Trestle replacement supposed to open
Seattle King St. Station track improvements supposed to open
WA "Kelso Martins Bluff new siding" and "Kelso to Longview Junction third main" supposed to open
Roanoke VA service supposed to start
Deadline for ARRA-funded improvements (such as a whole lot of Piedmont improvements as well as much of what's listed above)
2018:
Bilevel corridor car deliveries supposed to finish
Funded but AFAICT indefinitely postponed:
Waterloo IN new platform
West Detroit Junction work
relocation of Texas Eagle to Trinity Railway Express line
Not fully funded but likely to open in this timeframe:
"Western Corridor" from Rutland to Burlington VT
Raleigh Union Station
Supposedly these should already be built but I've heard nothing:
Indiana Gateway projects