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Originally Posted by El Duderino
Amtrak has done years and years of studies, which can be found quite easily with a quick search, but i’ve included a link to all sorts of information below:
http://nec.amtrak.com/high-speed-rail
And no one is saying that Wilmington sucks, just that it’s not a likely candidate for high-speed rail given the reality of the numbers. Though i’ll point out that Wilmington’s ridership is disproportionately high given the size of the city (per Amtrak’s interactive ridership map); be proud of your town, yo. |
Further, we are talking about $120-150 billion in investments to essentially build new straighter right of ways where HSR is not jammed up by a Septa or NJT local. And currently DE is one of those choke points because of only 2-3 tracks in some areas and the Wilmington S curve.
This provides more detail.
http://www.necfuture.com/