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[quote user="CMStPnP"] [quote user="Sam1"] "These passenger trains would average about 80 miles per hour, according to Anderson, and make about four stops along the way." Really!.  Given that the top speed permitted on the current route is 79 mph, how would a train from Dallas to Shreveport average 80 miles per hour with four stops. Makes me wonder how realistic the proponents are? As noted in another post, the intermediate station on-time performance for the long distance trains is approximately 50 per cent. The problem is traffic congestion on the freight carriers that are hosting Amtrak's trains.  Adding another trains is not likely to improve the situation.   What makes anyone think that the UP will permit addition passenger trains on its line between Dallas and points east?  They would fight it tooth and nail.  And they would be right to do so unless they are fully compensated for hosting any passenger trains.  [/quote] OK a few items here that you might not be aware of or misinterpreted. 1.  The new HSR line would roughly follow UP's tracks, it's not going to be  ON UP tracks as the speed is projected to be 150 mph between Dallas and Ft. Worth with just one stop in between.....if that, it will be a new roadbed and more than likely elevated or submerged into the ground with no grade crossings plus..........well nevermind, watch the video I posted in another thread in this same forum about this HSR line it is on youtube, it's all in there.     Sounds like UP is on board with sharing it's ROW and the Dallas to Houston HSR line might also parallel parts of the UP rail line between those two cities.     They have already thought of terrorism as well in the proposal and the ROW will have intrusion / tamper detection systems as well as ground sesmic detection..      The HSR line will only have one or two stops between Houston and Dallas as each stop with a 150 mph train I think they calculated impacts time between the cities by 15-20 min for the slowdown and speedup and the waiting at the station.     I think in the Video they were fighting with College Station as that being the ONLY stop between Houston and Dallas but the presenter in the video said they might consider a second stop but depends on their analysis. 2. Norfolk Southern and KCS are I believe in a arrangement to perform joint track improvements on the Meridian speedway (between Meridian and Dallas) to speed up TOFC trains between Atlanta and Dallas.    No idea what that means for track speed BUT I am not sure the whole route is rated 79 mph for passenger currently.    So might need even more money for passenger train track improvements    Also they have not agreed on the stops on the route yet between Dallas and Shreveport so that is all a wild guess reprinted in the article. [/quote] #1: Appears to be addressing the Dallas to Houston high speed project.  This thread is about a proposed Dallas to Shreveport passenger train service.   #2: There is no passenger service on the L&A.  Even if they upgrade the route to allow higher speeds for container trains, the maximum speed for a passenger train probably would be 79 mph, which with a few exceptions is a national standard, albeit one that is changing in some places.  Also, I doubt the L&A would allow passenger trains on its lines short of a nasty court battle.
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