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Originally Posted by MPLS_Const_Watch
New agreement announced between Amtrak and CP regarding a number of new or increased services:
- Details for additional St. Paul-Chicago service
- Double-tracking work in Milwaukee to allow more freight to bypass Milwaukee Intermodal, needed for increased Milwaukee-Chicago frequencies
- Establishing passenger service via CP's Tunnel under the Detroit River, allowing for a Chicago-Toronto route
- Establishing a Mobile-New Orleans-Baton Rouge route
- Studying service between Dallas and Meridian, MS. Assuming this would be used as part of a Dallas-Atlanta route?
https://media.amtrak.com/2022/01/amt...s-combination/ |
Yes, this is awesome. The Dallas-Meridian route can only be extended to Atlanta if Norfolk Southern OKs it. KCS can't promise anything for that section. But obviously that's the end goal.
An interim goal could be a timed transfer to the Crescent at Meridian - the northbound Crescent stops in Meridian at 1:30pm and the southbound Crescent stops at 4:15pm so you could build the Dallas-Meridian round trip around those times.
NOLA-BR is such a natural for rail service. Hopefully they can build it up into a proper regional service with at least 6-10 round trips per day. But this will likely require double-tracking the line for a few billion dollars.