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Originally Posted by electricron
Maybe you can separate the management of Amtrak's trains into three groups, but you can't do so operationally. All the long distance trains and most of the regional routes, through Amtrak's biggest station (New York), run at least partially on the Northeast Corridor. Most New York City trains never leave the Northeast Corridor.
Therefore, any improvements you make on the Northeast Corridor are going to improve certain long distance and regional trains too.
Additionally, I believe Congress has defined the difference between regional and long distance trains at 750 miles, not the 500 you suggested.
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What in blue blazes are you talking about.....the Northeast Corridor has mutiple trunk lines feeding into it....but also bypassing it completely. Like the Morris & Essex / Erie Main line bypasses the NEC and serves NE PA , Western Jersey And Lower Hudson Valley. There are other lines through out New England and SE PA that bypass the NEC completely... Theres also something called the LIRR....MNRR which only have 2 lines that feed into the NEC.
Heres part of our NYC network....
