High Speed Rail Operations in a Mixed Use Corridor

Christopher JagodzinskiGeneral Manager, East

High Speed Rail PracticumMay 4, 2011Baltimore, MD

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High Speed Operations in a Mixed Use Corridor

• Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor– 456 miles Boston, MA to Washington, DC

• 37 miles owned by State of Massachusetts• 48 miles operated by Metro North Railroad

• Most complex railroad in the United States– Multiple Operators– Both high speed & heavy haul freight

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Multiple Operators

• Multiple passenger agencies– Amtrak is Intercity operator– 10 commuter agencies– 7 commuter operators

• Multiple freight operators– Norfolk Southern– Providence and Worcester (P&W)– Conrail– CSX

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How fast is the Northeast Corridor?

• Amtrak– Acela Service – 150 MPH– Regional/Keystone Service – 125 MPH– Intercity Service – 110 MPH

• Commuter Service– MBTA – 80 MPH– CDOT –– NJT Transit – 100 MPH– SEPTA – 85 – 100 MPH– MARC 110 MPH

• Freight Service– P&W 30 – 50 MPH– CSX 30 – 50 MPH– Norfolk Southern 30 – 50 MPH

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How big are the trains?

• Amtrak– 560 – 1300 feet long

• Commuter Service– 170 - 1000 feet long– 1500+ passengers

• Freight Service– 8000 feet– 10000+ tons

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BOS

CP216

NHV

NYP Harold

PHL

BALWAS

PVD

Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor

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BOS

CP216

NHV

NYP Harold

PHL

BALWAS

MBTA Trains (283)-Attleboro/Providence-Old Colony

PVD

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BOS

CP216

NHV

NYP Harold

PHL

BALWAS

South StationCapacity

MBTA Trains (283)-Attleboro/Providence-Old Colony

PVD

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BOS

CP216

NHV

NYP Harold

PHL

BALWAS

South StationCapacity

MBTA Trains (283)-Attleboro/Providence-Old Colony

PVD

Shore Line EastCommuter trains (36)

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BOS

CP216

NHV

NYP Harold

PHL

BALWAS

South StationCapacity

MBTA Trains (283)-Attleboro/Providence-Old Colony

* P&W freight* TF Green* RI Dot plans

PVD

Shore Line EastCommuter trains (36)

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BOS

CP216

NHV

NYP Harold

PHL

BALWAS

South StationCapacity

MBTA Trains (283)-Attleboro/Providence-Old Colony

* P&W freight* TF Green* RI Dot plans

PVD

Shore Line EastCommuter trains (36)

METRO NORTH (351)-Capacity-MNCR commuter trains-Engineering outages

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BOS

CP216

NHV

NYP Harold

PHL

BALWAS

South StationCapacity

MBTA Trains (283)-Attleboro/Providence-Old Colony

* P&W freight* TF Green* RI Dot plans

New York Terminal Area-East River Tunnels-North River Tunnels-Penn Station-Amtrak (266)-New Jersey Transit(438)-Long Island RR (544)

PVD

Shore Line EastCommuter trains (36)

METRO NORTH (351)-Capacity-MNCR commuter trains-Engineering outages

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BOS

CP216

NHV

NYP Harold

PHL

BALWAS

South StationCapacity

MBTA Trains (283)-Attleboro/Providence-Old Colony

* P&W freight* TF Green* RI Dot plans

New York Terminal Area-East River Tunnels-North River Tunnels-Penn Station-Amtrak (266)-New Jersey Transit(438)-Long Island RR (544)

NEW YORK TO TRENTON-Traffic saturation-NJT trains & new services-24 trains/hour in each tube-Newark Airport bottleneck-Metropark bottleneck

PVD

Shore Line EastCommuter trains (36)

METRO NORTH (351)-Capacity-MNCR commuter trains-Engineering outages

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BOS

CP216

NHV

NYP Harold

PHL

BALWAS

South StationCapacity

MBTA Trains (283)-Attleboro/Providence-Old Colony

* P&W freight* TF Green* RI Dot plans

New York Terminal Area-East River Tunnels-North River Tunnels-Penn Station-Amtrak (266)-New Jersey Transit(438)-Long Island RR (544)

NEW YORK TO TRENTON-Traffic saturation-NJT trains & new services-24 trains/hour in each tube-Newark Airport bottleneck-Metropark bottleneck

PVD

Shore Line EastCommuter trains (36)

METRO NORTH (351)-Capacity-MNCR commuter trains-Engineering outages

COMMUTER TRAFFIC-SEPTA (388)-NJ Rail – ATL City (24)-Approaches to PHL

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BOS

CP216

NHV

NYP Harold

PHL

BALWAS

South StationCapacity

MBTA Trains (283)-Attleboro/Providence-Old Colony

* P&W freight* TF Green* RI Dot plans

New York Terminal Area-East River Tunnels-North River Tunnels-Penn Station-Amtrak (266)-New Jersey Transit(438)-Long Island RR (544)

NEW YORK TO TRENTON-Traffic saturation-NJT trains & new services-24 trains/hour in each tube-Newark Airport bottleneck-Metropark bottleneck

* BWI Platform constraints* MARC Trains (93)

PVD

Shore Line EastCommuter trains (36)

METRO NORTH (351)-Capacity-MNCR commuter trains-Engineering outages

COMMUTER TRAFFIC-SEPTA (388)-NJ Rail – ATL City (24)-Approaches to PHL

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How do we do it?

• Planning• Partnership• Politics

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Thank You