Amtrak's Northeast Corridor is busy, old and falling apart
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- Опубліковано 11 чер 2021
- Amtrak's Northeast Corridor stretches between Washington and Boston. It's a busy stretch of railroad, with parts that date back almost 150 years. Amtrak wants to run more trains, faster, but it's hindered because the railroad is literally falling apart. Read more: wapo.st/3zkJPmM. Subscribe to The Washington Post on UA-cam: wapo.st/2QOdcqK
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Imagine USA put people on the moon, but can´t keep a decent railway system..
Reminder that even with the state of the NEC today, more people take the trains than do fly between Washington and New York
When I went to Europe, I was blown away , even small towns and rural areas had tiny train stations 🚆 .
Things people need to remember about Amtrak upgrades such as tunnels. The real impact isn't even just the new speeds Amtrak gets but rather the massive improvements to all the CR services that utilize the tracks and the alphabet soup of state and regional transit agencies that will benefit: MARC, NJ Transit, MBTA, VRE, LIRR, Metro North, CT Rail, & SEPTA plus all the other agencies that might connect to stations on the system.
Nothing shocking here, even highways are falling apart.
I know “Amtrak Joe” loves his trains but this Infrastructure Bill needs to happen, the NEC is crumbling badly!
Correction: Amtrak actually owns 730 miles of track on the NEC and in Michigan, but that's a small amount of track compared with the 21,000 miles of track it operates.
A lot is made of the age of the infrastructure, but here in the UK there is plenty as old and even older. It's just maintained better!
I think it's a little ironic they're complaining about a bridge that can do 90mph but meanwhile in connecticut and new york we have 45 mph restrictions
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Amtrak just needs the money and time to repair the infrastructure
We used to be a first-world country.
Compared to Europe and Asia, its crazy that the USA just let these infrastructures go so bad
The trainhaven of America, really deserves the overhaul it deserves.
I’ve lived in France several times and their railway system is one of the absolute best in the world. This country’s excuse for a railway system is humiliating! 😡
Nice, commenting on the first day! Either way I love old, rustic appeal of many of these bridges as much as the next but about high time some of these got the boot from a replacement. On a high note the Susquehanna River Bridge in CT, one of the older but more critical ones has finally been confirmed as been slated for replacement.
10 to 12 years to complete?! Meanwhile Switzerland can pump out 30 mile tunnels in like 6.
I'm no expert, but my guess is that the general problem with infrastructure is that things get built without securing infinite guaranteed future funding for maintenance (assuming the future is infinite).
BTW, much of Pacific Surfliner runs on tracks owned by commuter train services, or in the case of the Coast Line, freight trains are so infrequent they don't interfere with operations. Metrolink, in particular, has laid a lot of extra track in SoCal to keep passenger and freight trains from conflicting.
They need to put in composite ties and concrete ties.