Philly Amtrak Fan
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Changed my schedule to a .pdf file.
This is your day train between NYP and ATL and overnight between ATL and JAX and your suggested shifts for the Star (2 hrs later) and Meteor (4 hrs later).Ok here is my opinion on this. I like your last option for the northbound the best for these two regions. It gives Miami a later train north as currently you go north in the morning south in the afternoon. And I like that we're adding a daylight train from ATL-NYP. But here is what I think southbound send it out of New York early at six am and it hits ATL around midnight. Overnight to JAX and take the Silver Stars slot south. Pushing the star back two hours into the Meteors slot headed south in Florida. And shoving the meteor back to a three set operation leaving at 7 at night from New York. You free up a set. And the major market of NYP-RGH is still in a decent time. Plus SAV benefits with five of six trains at decent hours. What do you guys think
I do believe this thread has been hijacked.
West Point: Boston is irrelevant. We are no longer talking about the concepts that were previously discussed in the Expanding Some Exisitng Amtrak Routes Along the NEC? thread.Any LD train to BOS ? Several posters have pointed out on other threads that there is at present a 9 car limit in BOS's maintenance facility. Understand resolution of that is going to be difficult and very expensive.
My original post was LD to BOS. Somehow it became talk about an additional LD to Florida and I had suggested going through North Carolina and Atlanta. I started a new post for my proposed new route but one of the moderators merged it into this post. I agree it's confusing.Any LD train to BOS ? Several posters have pointed out on other threads that there is at present a 9 car limit in BOS's maintenance facility. Understand resolution of that is going to be difficult and very expensive.
It's also worth noting in the context of "using fewer sets per run" that the Cardinal currently uses 2 sets to run three times a week, but would use only 3 sets to run daily.Theoretically the Cap could be tightened slightly to do it with two sets instead of three, but most consider that impractical with the CSX an NS shenanigans between the east and Chicago.
The South of the Lake project alone could cut 30 or 40 minutes out of the Capital Ltd's schedule to Toledo. A full bore Corridor service Chicago-Cleveland would take 2 or 3 hours out of the current timetable. All that would be great for westbound trains and Cleveland ridersTheoretically the Cap could be tightened slightly to do it with two sets instead of three, but most consider that impractical with the CSX an NS shenanigans between the east and Chicago.
I found this in an old timetable. It just happened to be the same one where they had proposed the Skyline Connection.Any LD train to BOS ? Several posters have pointed out on other threads that there is at present a 9 car limit in BOS's maintenance facility. Understand resolution of that is going to be difficult and very expensive.
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