Capitol corridor is getting UP track bridges upgraded for maintaining 79 MPH.
Service Advisory January 23 – February 15, 2012: Weekday Train Service Delays and Weekend Bus Bridge between Richmond and Oakland Jack London Square Stations
Union Pacific track crews will perform a railroad project to replace the bridges under the mainline tracks near Berkeley beginning January 23, 2012. This could affect all Capitol Corridor trains operating between the Richmond and Oakland Jack London stations between 7:00pm and 12:00am (midnight).
Weekday Capitol Corridor Trains:The following evening trains could experience delays between Richmond and Oakland Jack London Square stations of up to 25 minutes.Eastbound: 544, 546, 548Westbound: 547, 549, 551, 553
Weekend Capitol Corridor Trains: The following evening trains will have a bus bridge in place between the Richmond, Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland Jack London Square stations the weekends of January 28-29, February 4-5, and February 11-12, 2012. Eastbound: 744, 746, 748Westbound: 747, 749, 751
Bicycle Advisory:Passengers who plan to travel with bicycles aboard the weekend trains 744, 746, 748, 747, 749 and 751 are encouraged to use BART between Richmond and Oakland Coliseum due to limited space for bicycles aboard motorcoach buses.
This bridge work will allow the Capitol Corridor and other trains to operate at maximum authorized speed through the area and avoid possible future delays due to track condition. Thank you in advance for your patience.
36. NJ Transit Gov Cristie -- NJ transit lost almost $300M by cancelling ARC.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/state/NJ_Transit_took_279M_loss_on_rail_tunnel.html
35. Sanfran CalTrain -- ridership up 13%+ for August 2011 vs 2010. Up to 1.25M passengers ; revenue up 15% due to fare hike. Note: weekend ridership up 30%.
http://www.caltrain.com/about/news/Present__Future_Looking_Brighter_for_Caltrain.html
34. New York -- MNRR appears to be overtaking LIRR with passenger trip counts. For year MNRR expects 81.9M trips vs LIRR 81.5M. Sounds like a tie.
blue streak 1 27. music city star reports june ridership up 53% [26,989] from 2010. First 6 months up 40%.
27. music city star reports june ridership up 53% [26,989] from 2010. First 6 months up 40%.
33. music city star - Reports FY ending june 30 250,000+ passengers up 50% from last FY.
32. SEPTA: 12 EMUs that were parked in Trenton during Irene have substained substantial damage. SEPTA did not specify what type was damaged but since SEPTA is planning to repair them makes one wonder if they were Silverliner - 5s as all other are slated for retirement in the next few years. Anyone with more info??
31. South Shore -- Announced that 3 year CAT wire renewal was completed in August ahead of schedule..
30. New Mexico. -- Rail runner has new reduced schedule starting Aug 29. Due to lack of funds from state
Did I read correctly that some new M-8's will be TRAILERS?
29. Ny NJ -- PATH: increasing base fare from 1.75 - 2.75 [ra}
28. wisconsin: announced terminating krm proposal.
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24. Sun Rail Contract is for 14 Double deck push pull cars. # of cab control cars unknown.
Also ordered locos from MPI (5?) edit 7 locos
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Do you have an article about this? I'm not questioning it, I've just been unable to find further information, and I was hoping that you had some.
Check here:
http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/sunrail-commuter-project-funding-signed.html
24. Sun Rail Contract is for 14 Double deck push pull cars. # of cab control cars unknown. Also ordered locos from MPI (5?) edit 7 locos
EDIT: fixed quote
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25. CONN: Ordering 25 additional m-8s all single instead of married pairs.
26. CONN: Proposing fare increase of 15% for mnrr and 14% for SLe. sle would discontinue weekend service. PLS excuse improper capitals shift function on keyboard acting up.
blue streak 1 23. Orlando Sun Rail: Gave Bombardier notice to proceed to design and build Bi-Level commuter cars last week. Evidently contract had already been signed?
23. Orlando Sun Rail: Gave Bombardier notice to proceed to design and build Bi-Level commuter cars last week. Evidently contract had already been signed?
blue streak 1 ns3010: AMT ALP-45DP 1350 was testing today (photo not mine):http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=369232&nseq=0 What is with all the horn bells?
ns3010: AMT ALP-45DP 1350 was testing today (photo not mine):http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=369232&nseq=0
AMT ALP-45DP 1350 was testing today (photo not mine):http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=369232&nseq=0
What is with all the horn bells?
They are actually two separate horns, each with five bells. Neighbors near AMT's yards don't want them to test their horns before departure, so they are required to have a backup horn in case the main one fails. Probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard...
ns3010 AMT ALP-45DP 1350 was testing today (photo not mine):http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=369232&nseq=0
Here it is seen testing under diesel power. I'm not sure if it did any electric testing today.
22. Orlando: Sun Rail: Ground breaking will occurr on Monday June 18. Ray LaHood will be present.
19. Chicago: Governor of Illinois has signed a bill mandating METRA, PACE, & CTA develop and put into use a universal fare card by 2015. (month not listed) . Also free Wi-Fi on these services also mandated date unknown.
20. Phoenix, Az:: 1st Light rail stop has had an on demand cooling system installed. Believe that passengers push button to activate and when Light Rail car leaves cooler turns off?
21. CALTRAIN SFO - SJC - Gilroy, Ca. Also Ca HSR same route: FRA has given CALTRAIN a $16M partial grant to design a PTC capable signal system (called CBOSS). System will be fully capable to operate HSR, CALTRAIN baby bullets, EMUs, & regular service, and UP freights. Total cost estimates $261M. FRA has given CALTRAIN first US waiver to operate EMUs along with the UP freights. At this price can PTC be implemented for $15B nationwide??
18. Mass --- State authorized final EIS work for BOS - New Bedford state directes focus on electric train service. Maybe MBTA will finall get some electric motors or EMUs?
17. The Capitol corridor is having a pleasant problem. Due to the higher ridership on all 3 routes equipment was taken from a spare train set(s) to lengthen regular trains. Now when any delay ( tresspasser, bridge, equipment, grass fires, freight train problems, etc ) ,happens the corridor has to 1. Cancel the return train or 2. delay trains until the cascading delays can be made up.
Additional equipment will not be built and come on line for a couple years.
blue streak 1 http://transbaycenter.org/construction-updates/updates-notices/current-activity 16. Per web site demolition complete with some debri to be gathered up. Shoring work continuining.
http://transbaycenter.org/construction-updates/updates-notices/current-activity
16. Per web site demolition complete with some debri to be gathered up. Shoring work continuining.
Missed that demolition on old Transbay terminal complete but demolition of other buildings outside of present Transbay is still being completed. ( for train tracks, light rail and other uses).
blue streak 1 13. San Francisco Transbay terminal. The new terminal for Cal Train and HSR is on or slightly ahead of schedule. Demolition work complete of old Transbay terminal except for 1 bus ramp off actual location. Shoring piling now being placed and will start installing soon. http://transbaycenter.org/construction-updates/updates-notices/current-activity
13. San Francisco Transbay terminal. The new terminal for Cal Train and HSR is on or slightly ahead of schedule. Demolition work complete of old Transbay terminal except for 1 bus ramp off actual location. Shoring piling now being placed and will start installing soon.
15. New Mexico -- Rail runner; Weekend service will probably end at end of August due to lack of federal funds. Feds have been funding polution ($1.2M) mitigation and that expires at end of august
14. Boston -- MBTA: The Boston Bruins victory parade overwhelmed all train and subway service today. Some Wochester commuter train service delayed as much as 60 minutes due to overcrowding. Ended up with shortage of train cars as well.
10. Seattle Sounder: 1st quarter 2011 vs 2010 Sounder ridership south line down less than .5% north line down 29% mainly due to many cancellations for mudslides shutting down line.
11. Seattle light rail: up 19% with weekdays up 24%
12. Tacoma light rail: Up 10%
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