Houston to New York is great. As an East Tennessean hitting, Chattanooga, Knoxville,Bristol on the way and connecting those cities to Atlanta and DC is phenomenal. I hope we can continue to see this route advance through the pipeline.
Get that Cardinal rolling. It's been a middle-of-the-night stop for Cincinnati long enough that it doesn't even bother me anymore. In fact, it's about the same time we roll out of bed to clear TSA for flights listed at "much more reasonable" times.
As an Indianapolis resident, it's so exciting to hear both that the Cardinal will be recommended for daily service and that the Chicago-Miami route placed #2 in cost-effectiveness following this Nashville workshop. While I understand that the long-distance trains are intended to benefit rural communities and therefore it may be disingenuous of me to be more excited about the large city pairs, I would love to have easier access to Chicago, Louisville, and Nashville from Indianapolis by rail. My hope is that should the Chicago-Miami route come to life, and actually happen to pass through Indy at more user-friendly hours than the Cardinal does, the added service will help spur greater enthusiasm, support, and momentum of passenger rail growth in Indiana. Maybe that could snowball into the Chicago-Indianapolis Hoosier Express being revived as well as much-needed track upgrades to improve travel times through Indiana being done. Time will tell, and it will certainly be a long time before we hear anything in certain terms let alone see the results of an added route, but good things come to those who wait. Thanks for the encouraging update, Jim!
If Amtrak were to change their policy of "no new greenway builds" for standard 79 MPH routes, then maybe a train connection between downtown Phoenix to Las Vegas, Nevada, via over 50% existing BNSF tracks (via Parker, AZ) could be enabled as an option on the FRA's list of possible new long distance routes. If that route were to become realized, then perhaps a Phoenix - Las Vegas - Salt Lake City - Boise - Portland - Seattle long distance route could be created.
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Great Job representing our Rail Passenger community Jim!
Houston to New York is great. As an East Tennessean hitting, Chattanooga, Knoxville,Bristol on the way and connecting those cities to Atlanta and DC is phenomenal. I hope we can continue to see this route advance through the pipeline.
Get that Cardinal rolling. It's been a middle-of-the-night stop for Cincinnati long enough that it doesn't even bother me anymore. In fact, it's about the same time we roll out of bed to clear TSA for flights listed at "much more reasonable" times.
As an Indianapolis resident, it's so exciting to hear both that the Cardinal will be recommended for daily service and that the Chicago-Miami route placed #2 in cost-effectiveness following this Nashville workshop. While I understand that the long-distance trains are intended to benefit rural communities and therefore it may be disingenuous of me to be more excited about the large city pairs, I would love to have easier access to Chicago, Louisville, and Nashville from Indianapolis by rail.
My hope is that should the Chicago-Miami route come to life, and actually happen to pass through Indy at more user-friendly hours than the Cardinal does, the added service will help spur greater enthusiasm, support, and momentum of passenger rail growth in Indiana. Maybe that could snowball into the Chicago-Indianapolis Hoosier Express being revived as well as much-needed track upgrades to improve travel times through Indiana being done. Time will tell, and it will certainly be a long time before we hear anything in certain terms let alone see the results of an added route, but good things come to those who wait. Thanks for the encouraging update, Jim!
If Amtrak were to change their policy of "no new greenway builds" for standard 79 MPH routes, then maybe a train connection between downtown Phoenix to Las Vegas, Nevada, via over 50% existing BNSF tracks (via Parker, AZ) could be enabled as an option on the FRA's list of possible new long distance routes. If that route were to become realized, then perhaps a Phoenix - Las Vegas - Salt Lake City - Boise - Portland - Seattle long distance route could be created.
Triple C plus D?