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[quote user="blue streak 1"] Boston:: Lets see almost all the money for the electrification came from the Congressional AMTRAK dedicated funds. Beside the obvious items of CAT; new signaling (acses), track upgrades (anyone know the PC times that we can compare NH - BOS NE regional is now about 2:30?). The new Haven - NYP is limited because of the MN problems ( a whole another set of items) There are the 20 - 30 some roads that went over that segment that had to be raised or eliminated; The grade crossings that were either eliminated by over/underpasses or completely closed; bridge upgrades to eliminate open deck spans; South station necessary improvements; Providence station moved; new South station maintenance facility; etc. Now the draw spans that are at the end of their useful life.  The point is that on any route first you fix a route closing item then you get rid of the slowest segments first (less deceleration and acceleration time). That is the way you speed up any route.  Now once those route closing problems (example: the Conn river draw) are in a state of good repair then finally maybe some route straightenings and permanent slows can be addressed. There ar presently 156 route miles from New Haven - BOS.Acela schedules about 2:10. it will be impossible to cut that time to under 1:30. If the old NH route central Conn were reinstated maybe with no stops 1:20 time. Incrementally if one new realignment / speed up projec was started every other  year covering  about 15 miles ($100M +) then there would be a slow reduction in transit times in 20 yrs. The NC DOT model of incremental tiime reduction seems to placate the public. As far as longer times for Acela you have a much more satisfied public when your on time is above 90%. One late train kills a lot of good will (look at what happens to the non commuter trains when their on time dips to 50% or less. [/quote] In 1955 The Senator was carded for 2 hours and 43 minutes from Boston to New Haven, with 4 hours and 20 minutes from Boston to New York.  Of course, in 1955 the train would have been in the hands of the New Haven from Boston to New York.
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