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Posted by R42 4787 on Thu May 8 00:45:59 2008 It seems 300 km/h (186 mph) service will never come to the States. We need some sort of dedicated, high speed right of way.But we can do it: Simply convert the existing Amtrak NEC main line from Washington north into a high speed, grade seperated ROW. No local, commuter or freight commuter service will share the tracks. All local, commuter and freight service will now operate via the B&O/Reading main line from Washington to New York, via Baltimore, Philadelphia and Newark. A connection would be made to "THE TUNNEL", Hoboken and perhaps a newly reopened CNJ terminal in Jersey City at the north end. The B&O/Reading/CSX main line would be widened at points and fully electfied to allow for addiional passenger service and CSX freight. While much of the old PRR Amtrak main line is converted into a dedicated high speed line, local/commuter service will still be able to run along the line by using the outer tracks, which would then be completely seperated from the inner dedicated high speed tracks. |
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