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Re: Trump administration deals a big setback to Caltrain |
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Posted by BusMgr on Tue Feb 21 03:31:50 2017, in response to Trump administration deals a big setback to Caltrain, posted by italianstallion on Mon Feb 20 17:54:39 2017. The electrification of the peninsula rail route has been under discussions in the region for at least 30 years. Is it necessary? No; other passenger railroads, such as the Burlington Northern Santa Fe route between Chicago and Aurora has long operated successfully with very close passenger station spacings. And I suspect that electrification of New York area diesel railroads would yield a higher return on investment than San Francisco. This is a project designed only to consume federal funds because they are available, not a project that will fail in the absence of such funds. The project would not be pursued, absent federal funding, with local funds. |
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