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It's not a thing here either honestly - and we have freight trains, and amtrak is now mostly ontime - but still slow - and it would remain slow - even with high
by Aloha 8y ago
It's not a thing here either honestly - and we have freight trains, and amtrak is now mostly ontime - but still slow - and it would remain slow - even with high speed rail.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoI live on the cascade corridor, amtrak is always delayed between Portland and Seattle because of priority freight traffic.
- Aloha 8y agoThere is a distinct lack of capacity between Seattle and Portland particularly anytime there are capacity issues over the cascades on Stampede/Stevens Pass due to accident, track work, or weather - then things get routed down to Portland and east thru the Columbia River Gorge. Ironically, their used to be a third rail line over the cascades, with was flatter and honestly, better engineered - but it was ripped up in 1978-1982 era - that is the former Milwaukee Road route thru Snoqualamie pass
- gumby 8y agoIs “here” Hawaii? (Looking at your user name). Because it is definitely the case in the USA. Amtrak owns rolling stock but no rail infrastructure.
- Aloha 8y ago(here is indeed the USA) Amtrak does actually own its own infrastructure. From wikipedia: "Amtrak owns approximately 623 miles of this track and operates an additional 132 miles of track." From the top of my head, this is the NEC (North East Corridor), some track in Michigan, and some track in New Mexico.
- gumby 8y agoI sit corrected! Though it’s a tiny amount.