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[quote user="oltmannd"] [quote user="John WR"] A few more things might be said about Amtrak and congestion.   In the Northeast and Middleatlantic states highways the not the only things that are congested. Our air lanes are congested too .  Amtrak intercity trains can relieve air land congesting leaving more of them open for longer flights.    Much of the Northeast corridor is owned by Amtrak.  Commuter trains also run over these tracks which do reduce rush hour highway congestion.   [/quote] Exactly.  Which is why the places where you can get the most benefit for the buck are NEC extensions and similar short haul, densely populated corridors. It's also why congested cities like Atlanta and Dallas and Houston need to start with commuter rail before they start thinking too hard about intercity service. [/quote] The Trinity Railway Express that runs between Dallas and Fort Worth has been operational for more than 10 years.  It offers approximately 40 trains a day between Big D and Fort Worth, although some of the trains originate and terminate at CentrePort.   The Denton County Transportation Authority operates a commuter rail service between Denton, TX and Carrollton, where it offers across the platform connections with DART's Green light rail line that runs into downtown Dallas.  The DTCA commuter line is 21 miles.  It offers 47 trips per day between Denton and Carrolton.  The one way fare between Denton and Carrollton is $5.00.      In FY11 the average rider subsidy per trip was $$5.44 or 17.5 cents per passenger mile. The fare to travel from Dallas to Fort Worth is $5.00, whilst the Region 1 fare (part of the distance from Dallas and/or Fort Worth to an intermediate station) is $3.50.  Interestingly, in December the Region 1 fare will drop to $2.50. There are other fares for day passes and monthly commuter tickets. In FY11 daily passenger trips averaged 8,500 for weekdays and 4,400 on Saturdays.  There is no service on Sunday.
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