Submitted by Nexis4Jersey t3_10p3c8q in baltimore
Last Week I posted on various PA and Rail Subreddits with my proposal for Intercity & Regional. My Proposals would fill in the missing holes in the Amtrak Connects US 2035 and FRA Long Distance study. I’ve also included the Delaware State & MARC Rail expansion plans with some changes. I used the open railway map to comb through the various in service routes and abandoned corridors that service can be restored over. I do not have a map showcasing the proposals, but one is very slowly in the works. An old post on R/Baltimore addressing Urban transit.
DC/Maryland/West Virginia
- Quad track the Northeast Corridor from DC to Wilmington , upgrade speeds to 180mph+
- Replace all the Maryland Movable Bridges with fixed spans & Build a new Baltimore Tunnel
- Overhaul and Expand Baltimore Penn , Wilmington & DC Union Stations
- Build dedicated Passenger tracks along the MARC Brunswick & Camden Lines for off-peak and weekend service , upgrade track speeds to 90mph
- Switch to EMUs along the MARC Penn Line , Expand Service : 10 peak / 30 offpeak/weekends
- Switch to DMUs for the Brunswick , Camden lines
- Extend MARC Brunswick Service to Hagerstown
- Create an S-Bahn network combining the VRE Manassas & Fredsrickburg lines with the MARC Camden , Fredrick and Penn Lines
- Build an Electrified MARC Line to La Plata – Waldorf – Bowie JCT– BWI – Baltimore
- Build an Electrified MARC Line to Annapolis along US50 – Bowie JCT – DC Union
Delaware/PA
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Extend Limited Marc Penn Line Service to Newark & Double SEPTA Service
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Build an Electrified Line along the lightly used Freight tracks along the DelMarVa Peninsula and upgrade to 110mph
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Build an Electrified DART Line to Berlin (Ocean City) – Georgetown – Milford – Dover – Middletown – Newark / connecting SEPTA service to Wilmington/Philadelphia
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Restore the [Amtrak Blue Ridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Ridge_(train) and extend it to Pittsburgh – Cumberland – Harper’s Ferry – DC Union – 2x daily
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New Service to Harrisburg : Amtrak Susquehanna Service : Richmond - DC Union – Baltimore – Perryville – Columbia – Harrisburg – 4x daily
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Restore [Amtrak Shenandoah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_(Amtrak_train) : Cincinnati – Parkersburg – Cumberland – DC Union – 2x daily
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New Service Amtrak DelMarVa Express : Cape Charles Ferry for Service to Norfolk – Pocomoke City – Salisbury – Dover – Wilmington – Philly – 5x daily with 2x daily to NYC
baltimorecalling t1_j6ijfiz wrote
I need to boot up Railroad Tycoon to run some simulations.