Northeast Corridor Master Plan released
Wednesday, 30 Nov -0001 12:00
The Master Plan includes trip time improvements, including approximate 20 to 30?minute reductions in express service travel times between Boston and New York and New York and Washington. These improvements, if implemented, are expected to result in a higher mode share for intercity services versus short?haul air trips.
Other improvements identified in the Plan will facilitate multi?modal landside access and help relieve roadway congestion. Examples include complimentary rail and air facility improvements designed to foster convenient intermodal connections, direct rail services to some airports, and joint ticketing arrangements between air and rail operators.
Amtrak is currently participating in a study being undertaken by the Airport Cooperating Research Program (ACRP) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) to access planning process improvements and tools that can be used to better integrate air and rail passenger systems.
Corridor segments with air-rail improvement plans
Boston, Massachusetts to Westerly, Rhode Island
This 88 mile segment is owned by Massachusetts (38 miles) and Amtrak (50 miles from the Massachusetts/Rhode Island state line to Westerly).
Rhode Island has planned a 20?mile extension of the existing commuter rail service from Boston to south of Providence, known as the South County Commuter Rail Service (SCCRS) to Wickford Junction, which will extend the existing commuter service between Providence, Warwick Intermodal/T.F. Green Airport, and Wickford Junction.
Scheduled to begin in 2012, this service, operated under contract with Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), will include new stations at Warwick Intermodal/T.F. Green Airport and Wickford Junction.
New Rochelle, New York to Penn Station New York
The 22 mile segment between New Rochelle, NY and Penn Station New York, including Hudson River tunnels, is the busiest and most complex segment of the NEC.
Long term potential service improvements include the Metro-North Railroad (MNR) service to Stewart International Airport via the Port Jervis Line.
Alternatives to be evaluated in the next phase of the Master Plan include a direct link to JFK International Airport between Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.
Penn Station New York to Trenton, New Jersey
The capacity is over 100% between Newark and Elizabeth. The Plan includes various track improvements that will allow better rail capacity to Newark International Airport.
Newark, Delaware to Washington Union Station
Maryland has identified a major rail expansion program (MARC Growth and Investment Plan) which envisions significant increases in service. MARC Penn Line service levels will increase significantly both north and south of Baltimore, providing transit?like services to meet demand at such locations as Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Meade (Odenton), Martin Airport, Elkton, MD and Newark, DE. The number of daily roundtrips north of Baltimore will increase from nine to 36 round trips, providing frequencies of 20 minutes during the peak periods and an hourly service throughout the day.
Enhancements are planned at the Martin State Airport MARC station, one of the most heavily patronized on the Penn Line. Proposed is a new, slightly relocated intermodal station with light rail connections and direct access to the adjacent state airport, which serves charter, corporate, and general aviation and the Maryland Air National Guard.
One of the major issues identified in this section of the NEC corridor is that the growth at BWI – Thurgood Marshall Airport Station is constrained by the lack of island platforms and undersized station facilities, so the improvements include: a new station center platform and 4th track at BWI Station, as well as an upgraded signal system and interlocking improvements at Grove.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
The improvements in this segment will include completion of new interlocking at Park, Leaman Place and Harrisburg, eliminating the last three public grade crossings on the line and replacing remaining wood tie sections with concrete ties which will provide better accessibility to Harrisburg International Airport.
A new station at Harrisburg International Airport is also planned which will provide rail-air transfer at HIA and service the adjacent Penn State Harrisburg Campus.
Links
Northeast Corridor Infrastructure Master Plan >>>
Other improvements identified in the Plan will facilitate multi?modal landside access and help relieve roadway congestion. Examples include complimentary rail and air facility improvements designed to foster convenient intermodal connections, direct rail services to some airports, and joint ticketing arrangements between air and rail operators.
Amtrak is currently participating in a study being undertaken by the Airport Cooperating Research Program (ACRP) of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) to access planning process improvements and tools that can be used to better integrate air and rail passenger systems.
Corridor segments with air-rail improvement plans
Boston, Massachusetts to Westerly, Rhode Island
This 88 mile segment is owned by Massachusetts (38 miles) and Amtrak (50 miles from the Massachusetts/Rhode Island state line to Westerly).
Rhode Island has planned a 20?mile extension of the existing commuter rail service from Boston to south of Providence, known as the South County Commuter Rail Service (SCCRS) to Wickford Junction, which will extend the existing commuter service between Providence, Warwick Intermodal/T.F. Green Airport, and Wickford Junction.
Scheduled to begin in 2012, this service, operated under contract with Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), will include new stations at Warwick Intermodal/T.F. Green Airport and Wickford Junction.
New Rochelle, New York to Penn Station New York
The 22 mile segment between New Rochelle, NY and Penn Station New York, including Hudson River tunnels, is the busiest and most complex segment of the NEC.
Long term potential service improvements include the Metro-North Railroad (MNR) service to Stewart International Airport via the Port Jervis Line.
Alternatives to be evaluated in the next phase of the Master Plan include a direct link to JFK International Airport between Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn.
Penn Station New York to Trenton, New Jersey
The capacity is over 100% between Newark and Elizabeth. The Plan includes various track improvements that will allow better rail capacity to Newark International Airport.
Newark, Delaware to Washington Union Station
Maryland has identified a major rail expansion program (MARC Growth and Investment Plan) which envisions significant increases in service. MARC Penn Line service levels will increase significantly both north and south of Baltimore, providing transit?like services to meet demand at such locations as Aberdeen Proving Ground, Fort Meade (Odenton), Martin Airport, Elkton, MD and Newark, DE. The number of daily roundtrips north of Baltimore will increase from nine to 36 round trips, providing frequencies of 20 minutes during the peak periods and an hourly service throughout the day.
Enhancements are planned at the Martin State Airport MARC station, one of the most heavily patronized on the Penn Line. Proposed is a new, slightly relocated intermodal station with light rail connections and direct access to the adjacent state airport, which serves charter, corporate, and general aviation and the Maryland Air National Guard.
One of the major issues identified in this section of the NEC corridor is that the growth at BWI – Thurgood Marshall Airport Station is constrained by the lack of island platforms and undersized station facilities, so the improvements include: a new station center platform and 4th track at BWI Station, as well as an upgraded signal system and interlocking improvements at Grove.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
The improvements in this segment will include completion of new interlocking at Park, Leaman Place and Harrisburg, eliminating the last three public grade crossings on the line and replacing remaining wood tie sections with concrete ties which will provide better accessibility to Harrisburg International Airport.
A new station at Harrisburg International Airport is also planned which will provide rail-air transfer at HIA and service the adjacent Penn State Harrisburg Campus.
Links
Northeast Corridor Infrastructure Master Plan >>>
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