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Posted by
Olog-hai
on Tue Mar 28 14:45:39 2023, in response to Link to NY - Scranton Study (Re: Mass Transit News), posted by Mark S. Feinman on Tue Mar 28 12:51:18 2023.
Interesting that they have a faux-Acela train crossing the bridge over the Delaware on the cover graphic.
And they can't seriously be considering an Amtrak stop at Montclair Bay Street?!?
They also say this:
Although the study did not analyze infrastructure needs and costs on the New Jersey portion of the route, future train speeds were estimated for the entire route based on infrastructure analysis. To achieve a travel time of three hours or less between New York and Scranton the tracks on the route would need to be rebuilt or upgraded to allow for faster passenger speeds between Scranton and Andover, New Jersey. Maximum operating speed on the Lackawanna Cut-Off portion of the route, which is straighter than other route segments, would be 110 miles per hour (mph). Speeds on the existing PNNRA and NJ Transit rail segments with more speed-limiting curvature would be constrained to 80 mph or less. …
The Phoebe Snow right up until the end had a timetabled trip time of 3 hours 15 minutes between Hoboken and Scranton, with eight intermediate stops (Newark, Brick Church, Summit, Dover, Blairstown, East Stroudsburg/Stroudsburg, Cresco and Pocono Summit). Amtrak would be slacking (what else is new) if they can't do better than a three-hour one-way trip with just six intermediate station stops.
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