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[quote user="John WR"] [quote user="RayG8"]Has anyone seen or is anyone aware of a study that compares the actual difference in running time NYP to South Station between the proposed new alignment and the existing Shoreline? [/quote] The Washington Post reports a new alignment would reduce the Boston to Washington time from 7 hours to 3 hours.  That would offer real competition with the airlines.  The article contains a link to Amtrak's Vision Report.  Unfortunately, that link doesn't work    Here is a link to the newspaper article:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/07/10/who-will-get-high-speed-rail-first-california-or-the-northeast/ [/quote] The current flying time from National Airport in DC to Logan in Boston is 1 hour, 24 minutes.  A booking for coach class on September 18th can be had for $72.90.  Of course, the walk-up fare would be much higher. The author does not mention whether the three hour train from Washington to Boston would be making stops or whether it would run non-stop.  The author claims that the current New York to Washington Acela schedule is three hours.  The 12 noon Acela makes it to Washington from New York in 2 hours, 45 minutes; most of the others do it in 2 hours, 47 minutes. The estimated cost to achieve the stated improvements is $151 billion.  Not exactly!  As is the case with the California High Speed Rail Project, the proponents have overlooked or at least failed to state the debt service costs.  If the project were to be funded at the current Treasury long bond rate of just a bit over three per cent, the total cost of the project with debt service would be $228.9 billion. Of course, the total cost of the project would depend on how the funding was arranged, when the debt was issued, as well as numerous other variables..
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