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Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail |
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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Apr 27 15:41:06 2012, in response to Re: High Speed Rail vs Really Fast Regional Rail, posted by #5 - Dyre Ave on Fri Apr 27 14:43:23 2012. I understand because of the historical operation of the line, it's what naturally followed, but now that the shoreline is maxed out they really should focus on getting the inland route running. It may take longer though because it goes all the way up to Springfield before cutting over to Boston, but there should be plenty of ridership to Hartford, Springfield, and Worcestor anyway to offset that since that corridor is where the majority of the population lives anyway. The line through Middletown, Willimantic and Putnam (I think it's called the Putnam Division?) would still be able to serve Worcestor, but it's got plenty of curves on it and would probably be even slower. Same with the line through Norwich. You'd get direct casino service but the curves through the Norwich area probably kill any time savings. That and you'd still have to contend with the bridge issue between New London and New Haven. Honestly, doing anything but running the inland route seems idiotic to me since you'd be skipping Springfield entirely which certainly deserves a huge boost in the number of trains |
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