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[quote user="Datafever"][quote user="oltmannd"] You' connect the ends of the spokes with thru cars (maybe a single connecting train, if the spoke ends don't touch) with guaranteed connections.  If you went to a hub/spoke/corridor model for operations, the whole nature of Amtrak changes.  You wouldn't be talking about corridor trains generally running 2 or more hours late.  The plan would necessarily include proper capacity and operating incentives as part of the deal.We seem to be always stuck on Amtrak LD vs corridor when the problem isn't chosing between them, but how best to deploy the assets overall.[/quote]And this is the part that confuses me.  How do you get guaranteed connections?  If you make the outbound train wait for the inbound train, then you basically have an LD train, with LD train performance.Example.  SF to Reno is 30 minutes late, so Reno to SLC leaves 30 minutes late.  It get delayed by two hours enroute, so SLC to Denver then leaves 2 1/2 hours late.  And so on.Unless you take the trains off the freight lines, or give them absolute priority.  Occassional breakdowns in connections can be worked with.  If connections are consistently missed... [/quote]I also go by the "overnight rule".  If most of these HSR passenger trains are overnighters, then being a little late or early to the destination won't matter for the LD passengers, since the next connection isn't scheduled to depart until the evening hours.Also, the overnight rule would allow HSR passenger trains to be complemented by conventional passenger trains.  Although an HSR overnighter would cover roughly 1000 miles give or take, the conventional overnight would cover 300 or so miles.  So, the HSR overnighter between say SF and Salt Lake is complemented by the conventional Boise-Salt Lake overnighter.
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