#passengerrail — Public Fediverse posts
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VR Sverige wins a new contract in the south of Sweden http://dlvr.it/TSVbpf #passengerrail #RailNews #Railfreight #RailMarket
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Île-de-France Mobilités presents first Alstom/CAF MI20 train for RER B http://dlvr.it/TSVbpQ #passengerrail #RailNews #Railfreight #RailMarket
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VR Sverige wins a new contract in the south of Sweden http://dlvr.it/TSVTvs #passengerrail #RailNews #Railfreight #RailMarket
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Île-de-France Mobilités presents first Alstom/CAF MI20 train for RER B http://dlvr.it/TSVTvh #passengerrail #RailNews #Railfreight #RailMarket
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@light
> You mean this place?That's the one. Thanks for the link to the article on the Greater Auckland site, which linked to this fantastic proposal for a rapid passenger rail service between Tamaki Makaurau, Waikato and Tauranga;
https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2017/08/17/introducing-regional-rapid-rail/
In these days of oil wars and spiking fossil fuel prices, this proposal from 2017 looks even more prescient than it did at the time.
#PassengerRail #FastTrains #GoldenTriangle #PublicTransport #railways #trains
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@light
> You mean this place?That's the one. Thanks for the link to the article on the Greater Auckland site, which linked to this fantastic proposal for a rapid passenger rail service between Tamaki Makaurau, Waikato and Tauranga;
https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2017/08/17/introducing-regional-rapid-rail/
In these days of oil wars and spiking fossil fuel prices, this proposal from 2017 looks even more prescient than it did at the time.
#PassengerRail #FastTrains #GoldenTriangle #PublicTransport #railways #trains
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@light
> You mean this place?That's the one. Thanks for the link to the article on the Greater Auckland site, which linked to this fantastic proposal for a rapid passenger rail service between Tamaki Makaurau, Waikato and Tauranga;
https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2017/08/17/introducing-regional-rapid-rail/
In these days of oil wars and spiking fossil fuel prices, this proposal from 2017 looks even more prescient than it did at the time.
#PassengerRail #FastTrains #GoldenTriangle #PublicTransport #railways #trains
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@light
> You mean this place?That's the one. Thanks for the link to the article on the Greater Auckland site, which linked to this fantastic proposal for a rapid passenger rail service between Tamaki Makaurau, Waikato and Tauranga;
https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2017/08/17/introducing-regional-rapid-rail/
In these days of oil wars and spiking fossil fuel prices, this proposal from 2017 looks even more prescient than it did at the time.
#PassengerRail #FastTrains #GoldenTriangle #PublicTransport #railways #trains
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One way, $36! I call that a bargain!
Our Texas State legislature is shameful for not funding this line.
"The Heartland Flyer goes away? We're putting 80,000 plus passengers back out on Interstate 35."
Amtrak route between Fort Worth, Oklahoma City could be shut down amid funding talks 🚆
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVcp-2VUwqM
#HeartlandFlyer #Amtrak #FortWorth #OKC #Texas #PassengerRail #WFAA #TexasRailAdvocates #Rail #Trains
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Push to link Northlander stop to historic station hits wall in Gravenhurst
#northlander #ontarionorthland #gravenhurst #passengerrail https://southmuskoka.doppleronline.ca/push-to-link-northlander-stop-to-historic-station-hits-wall-in-gravenhurst/ -
Gravenhurst train station needs to reach full potential with incoming Northlander, say residents
#northlander #ontarionorthland #gravenhurst #passengerrail
https://www.muskokaregion.com/news/gravenhurst-train-station-reopening/article_e7857596-f2de-5398-9bcc-08567280019f.html -
I hope so!
Share your feedback in the online public survey about a Michigan north-south passenger rail running from Petoskey to Detroit.
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Why the US chose not to have a passenger train system like Europe 🚆
Why can't the US be like Europe, Japan or India? US railroads could still be worth bragging about.
"The US has more railroad tracks than any other country, including China, which has extensive rail systems. But those tracks are almost exclusively used to transport goods, not people."
#Trains #Rail #PassengerRail #FreightRail #US #AllanZarembski #PlanetMoney #Amtrak #TheIndicator #MardiGrasExpress
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1 dead in Palm Beach Gardens as train, dump truck collide https://www.allforgardening.com/1507796/1-dead-in-palm-beach-gardens-as-train-dump-truck-collide/ #Accidents #AccidentsU0026Disasters #death #DeathU0026Tragedy #disasters #garden #gardening #local #LocalNews #Negative #news #Optimized #Overall #OverallNegative #passenger #PassengerRail #PBPOST #PBPOSTOptimized #rail #Tragedy #u0026
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California High Speed Rail: Why This is So Hard. - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VseHQ68rJTk&ab_channel=Megaprojects
#Megaprojects #HSR #CalHSR #HighSpeedRail #California #Trains #PassengerRail #PassengerTrains -
#NewVideo on the plans to expand #PassengerRail in the #Midwest, and especially #Ohio. Yeah, I’ve heard the skepticism and I understand it - but the momentum behind expanding #train service is unstoppable. https://urbanists.video/w/s8YEdbATRx1rc16xjG5hsY
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@nancylwayne Yes, that's totally been my experience too. Even with the poor frequencies and occasional massive delay, it's still my preferred way to travel longer distances.
Also it's a bit tragic how much passenger rail the U.S. used to have, but lost. #CityNerd did a video on it which you might enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svao4PZ4bGs
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@nancylwayne Yes, that's totally been my experience too. Even with the poor frequencies and occasional massive delay, it's still my preferred way to travel longer distances.
Also it's a bit tragic how much passenger rail the U.S. used to have, but lost. #CityNerd did a video on it which you might enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svao4PZ4bGs
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@nancylwayne Yes, that's totally been my experience too. Even with the poor frequencies and occasional massive delay, it's still my preferred way to travel longer distances.
Also it's a bit tragic how much passenger rail the U.S. used to have, but lost. #CityNerd did a video on it which you might enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svao4PZ4bGs
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@nancylwayne Yes, that's totally been my experience too. Even with the poor frequencies and occasional massive delay, it's still my preferred way to travel longer distances.
Also it's a bit tragic how much passenger rail the U.S. used to have, but lost. #CityNerd did a video on it which you might enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svao4PZ4bGs
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@nancylwayne Yes, that's totally been my experience too. Even with the poor frequencies and occasional massive delay, it's still my preferred way to travel longer distances.
Also it's a bit tragic how much passenger rail the U.S. used to have, but lost. #CityNerd did a video on it which you might enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svao4PZ4bGs
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Confirmed sighting of the new #Amtrak #Acela trainsets in #Boston. There's still plastic wrap on the seats, and the old Acela in the background is the one running service today, but by God we might have the #AveliaLiberty running service soon enough!
#Railfan #PassengerRail #Trains #Rail -
First X’Trapolis 2.0 Train built in Ballarat http://dlvr.it/TGGJyB #IndustryInfrastructure #passengerrail
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All aboard: fourth WA made train hits the tracks http://dlvr.it/TCwqHW #passengerrail #RailNews #RollingStock #Mandurah
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Can California’s High-Speed Rail Ever Be Completed? (2024 Project Update) - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=citdNAfaqnE
#RailwaysExplained #CHSR #CADOT #California #HighSpeedRail #ProjectUpdate #PassengerRail -
"Grand Total for Auckland-Hamilton-Tauranga: $3,693,000,000 or the price of around 2.5 Roads of National Significance from National
Note: Caution with the costs as some of the benefits of it spill over into freight as well by allowing more and faster freight trains on those two respective lines. So any track or tunnel upgrades need to bear this in mind as well..."
#BenRoss, 2024
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"Grand Total for Auckland-Hamilton-Tauranga: $3,693,000,000 or the price of around 2.5 Roads of National Significance from National
Note: Caution with the costs as some of the benefits of it spill over into freight as well by allowing more and faster freight trains on those two respective lines. So any track or tunnel upgrades need to bear this in mind as well..."
#BenRoss, 2024
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"Grand Total for Auckland-Hamilton-Tauranga: $3,693,000,000 or the price of around 2.5 Roads of National Significance from National
Note: Caution with the costs as some of the benefits of it spill over into freight as well by allowing more and faster freight trains on those two respective lines. So any track or tunnel upgrades need to bear this in mind as well..."
#BenRoss, 2024
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"Grand Total for Auckland-Hamilton-Tauranga: $3,693,000,000 or the price of around 2.5 Roads of National Significance from National
Note: Caution with the costs as some of the benefits of it spill over into freight as well by allowing more and faster freight trains on those two respective lines. So any track or tunnel upgrades need to bear this in mind as well..."
#BenRoss, 2024
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@DrMcStrange
An addendum to our discussion about the prognosis for fast trains in Aotearoa, Ben Ross has a fascinating proposal for rolling out electric-run 160km/hr passenger rail between Tamaki Makaurau, Kiririkroa, and Tauranga; -
@DrMcStrange
An addendum to our discussion about the prognosis for fast trains in Aotearoa, Ben Ross has a fascinating proposal for rolling out electric-run 160km/hr passenger rail between Tamaki Makaurau, Kiririkroa, and Tauranga; -
@DrMcStrange
An addendum to our discussion about the prognosis for fast trains in Aotearoa, Ben Ross has a fascinating proposal for rolling out electric-run 160km/hr passenger rail between Tamaki Makaurau, Kiririkroa, and Tauranga; -
@DrMcStrange
An addendum to our discussion about the prognosis for fast trains in Aotearoa, Ben Ross has a fascinating proposal for rolling out electric-run 160km/hr passenger rail between Tamaki Makaurau, Kiririkroa, and Tauranga; -
#Maine Voices: Nobody would benefit from the building of the #GorhamConnector
Transit-oriented urban design boosts economies, reduces emissions and provides public space; the only long-term result of the Gorham Connector will be #sprawl.
Posted September 29, 2023
By Jasper Curtis"If the Gorham Connector is constructed and put to use, everyone in the state will lose out in more ways than one.
First, there is the cost, up to $237 million. That’s a lot of money, and it’s on top of the $140 million already being spent on lane widening on Interstate 95. Spoiler alert, none of that money will relieve congestion. In fact, it will likely do the opposite, as proven time and time again in countless U.S. cities. On top of the $340 million total, there is the price of owning a car, which costs the average American $11,000 per year. New car prices are nearing $50,000. None of this is affordable to everyday Mainers. It’s time the state takes these costs seriously, instead of burdening taxpayers with more."Increased road capacity simply leads to more cars on the roads and does not reduce the time spent in traffic. It is a case of #InducedDemand, where wider roads encourage more driving, more vehicles then fill the roads and the public is asked to fund another road- widening project. The cycle repeats itself to extremes, such as the 26-lane #KatyFreeway outside Houston, Texas, which did not solve traffic. St. Louis, Missouri, home to the most highway square mileage per capita in the country, has yet to cease traffic. Here we are again, however, being asked to fork over our tax dollars to an inefficient, ineffective solution to a problem that the state created with poor #UrbanPlanning and shortsighted #infrastructure projects.
"Light #PassengerRail from #WestbrookMaine to #PortlandMaine would cost an estimated $75 million. That’s about $19 million per mile. If a similar cost-per-mile ratio were to be applied to the #GorhamConnector, the project would total $115 million. (Even if the cost-per-mile ratio were double the estimated cost of the Westbrook-to-Portland connection, building rail along the proposed Gorham Connector route would still save $7 million.) From Gorham to Portland, the cost of rail would be almost $30 million cheaper than the Gorham Connector, which reaches only to the Maine Mall in South Portland.
"Rail helps not only commuters and students, but also those who require vehicles for work, because, unlike road widening, public transit reduces the number of vehicles on the road. Driving a work truck on public roads can be infuriating during peak traffic; I know because I have done so. The same goes for driving in an emergency. Rail would help these alleviate these problems; the Gorham Connector would not.
While less quantitative than the previous points, #Maine must still be conscious of its #environmental and social goals. The Maine Department of Transportation (#MDOT) should keep these in mind before it decides its best solution to traffic is to encourage more internal combustion engines. Part of what makes Maine so special to residents is the nature around us. Let’s not wreck it for the sake of one more lane. Maine’s population is the oldest in the nation, and seniors deserve to have safe travel options."Transit-oriented urban design boosts economies, reduces emissions and provides public space. There will be no long-term benefit from the Gorham Connector, only sprawl. It’s that simple. Honest Maine people work hard for their paychecks – they deserve infrastructure that uses their tax dollars with vision and purpose, not another wasteful, #pollution-filled project."
https://www.pressherald.com/2023/09/29/maine-voices-the-gorham-connector-is-a-bad-idea-in-more-ways- than-one
#GorhamSpur #SaveSmilingHillFarm
#SaveTheForest #Woodlands #Meadows #EnvironmentalImpact #GorhamConnector #SaveRedBrook #GreaterPortlandMaine #LightRail #BikeLanes #BusService #MTA #ProtectFarmland #LessCars #WorkingFarms #RapidTransit -
So many good things seem to have been scuppered by COVID...
"The business case details four scenarios of a rapid rail service between the Hamilton and Auckland CBDs, with travel times ranging from 1 hour 53 minutes to a pulse-quickening 69 minutes."
#AaronLeaman, 2020
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I am also a member of the Standing Senate Committee on Transportation and Communications. So I care about transportation policy - whether we're talking about #trains #ports #airports #airtravel #ferries #PassengerRail #highspeedrail #SupplyChain etc. I post about such things - and I'm eager to connect with experts - and with those who are just passionate about transportation policy. (Also? Love trains.) #introduction #SenateofCanada #Canada #TRCM But that's not all!
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“The days of Sounder as just a commuter rail system could be numbered. Rethinking the southern line could set the agency on a glide path for what Sounder is destined to become: regional rail. Expanding the scope of this strategic effort just a little bit more could illuminate how to realize a wider Sounder network in Pierce County and even future-proof expansion to Olympia.” https://www.theurbanist.org/2023/05/22/sounder-south-could-get-service-boost-and-more-tracks-near-tacoma/ #Sounder #Rail #PassengerRail #RegionalRail #seattle #Tacoma @urbanistorg
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Global News BC: Amtrak Cascades restores daily Vancouver-Portland rail service https://globalnews.ca/news/9531227/amtrak-cascades-vancouver-portland/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #canada-usrailservice #AmtrakCascades #PassengerTrain #PassengerRail #portlandrail #railservice #seattlerail #Vancouver #Portland #Seattle #Canada #Amtrak #Train
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CW: Amtrak
On a topic different from what I usually post about, I am a #PassengerRail advocate.
In the US.
Where #Amtrak stopped publishing printed #timetables, making it hard for people to plan trips.
So in 2022, I wrote a program to generate printable timetables from the same #GTFS data that they send to places like Google maps.
Results are at https://railpassengers.org/timetables
Sadly, I can't take the train right now due to lack of #Covid safety.
Just thought some people might be interested. @chas