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Posted by JournalSquare-K-Car on Thu Aug 28 21:10:46 2008, in response to Re: Acela schedule (Re: Amtrak may ...), posted by Terrapin Station on Thu Aug 28 21:02:40 2008. By only two minutes. Maybe less, since Newark would be a slower station to approach, though I am not sure, maybe Philly is a slower station to pass by... But after Newark, there is a curve, and switches, trains don't go that fastt around that area anyways.Plus, you loose many potential riders. Trenton, on the other hand, is a FAST express station. I was on the platform there once, and a GEEP pulling a few coaches BLASTED by at what must have been 100MPH(my estimation), and it picked up a lot of dust as it passed by. And the amtrak express goes faster, most likely. You will never see trains blowing by Penn station at anything greater than 45 MPH, I think, so there is not much use. Same might be true for Philly. New york penn as well, since trains go through there even SLOWER. And the fact that it was non-stop might be the reason it didn't have enough ridership. Kind of like the NX in NYC...it ran over the express tracks in brookln, or sonething, though I forget the exact configuration. Or was it non-stop from 34th to Stillwell? |
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