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  1. Good to learn about the train tracks improvements, including reconstruction of a bridge in Superior Township, Michigan.

    "The Blue Water Amtrak line — which runs between Chicago and Port Huron — will also receive new trains to increase capacity."

    Chicago-to-Detroit, Port Huron train line to see upgrades.

    bluewaterhealthyliving.com/new

    #Michigan #PassengerRail #Amtrak

  2. #mwgic #2026 #Railroad #RailTravel #Travel #USA #AmericanRail #PassengerRail #Amtrak #Memories

    A sunset scene in the West viewed the the windows of coach seating on the Amtrak Southwest Chief bound for Chicago from Riverside, CA.

  3. Georgia Department of Transportation has an open survey for their study on an Atlanta-Savannah passenger rail line. This line would be really useful to reduce travel time between either city.

    atlsavpassrail-gdot.hub.arcgis

    #Atlanta #Savannah #PassengerRail #GDOT

  4. @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;

    greaterauckland.org.nz/2017/08

    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

    @chris

  5. "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

    voakl.net/2024/01/30/enter-jap

    #Aotearoa #NZ #PassengerRail #FastTrains

    @DrMcStrange

  6. @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;

    voakl.net/2024/01/30/enter-jap

    #PassengerRail #FastTrains #HighSpeedRail

  7. “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.” theurbanist.org/2023/05/22/sou #Sounder #Rail #PassengerRail #RegionalRail #seattle #Tacoma @urbanistorg