VRE Manassas Line is scheduled for
46m MSS to ALX
25m ALX to WAS
1h11m seems, well, slow.
Amtrak NERs and LDs are scheduled for a median time of
32m MSS to ALX (or 36m if they stop at Burke)
23m ALX to WAS
Here, Amtrak seems slow considering it runs express vs VRE's stops at Crystal City & L'Enfant.
So
MSS to ALX, VRE is adding 14 minutes to stop 4 intermediate times 2m30s per stop
ALX to WAS, VRE adds only 2 minutes but manages to stop twice, or 1m per stop
It seems like neither railroad is really doing their best at keeping up the pace and having short dwells.
Is there anything that can be done to speed this up?
NER 66 manages MSS-WAS in :59. The Crescent takes 1:22. (Cardinal 1:09).
Even more strangely, NER 66 takes 40 minutes to do MSS-ALX as a less crowded train (and will a faster total ALX-WAS time) while NER 176 takes just 36 minutes to do MSS-ALX even with a stop at Burke Center (BCV) that 66 doesn't make.
46m MSS to ALX
25m ALX to WAS
1h11m seems, well, slow.
Amtrak NERs and LDs are scheduled for a median time of
32m MSS to ALX (or 36m if they stop at Burke)
23m ALX to WAS
Here, Amtrak seems slow considering it runs express vs VRE's stops at Crystal City & L'Enfant.
So
MSS to ALX, VRE is adding 14 minutes to stop 4 intermediate times 2m30s per stop
ALX to WAS, VRE adds only 2 minutes but manages to stop twice, or 1m per stop
It seems like neither railroad is really doing their best at keeping up the pace and having short dwells.
Is there anything that can be done to speed this up?
NER 66 manages MSS-WAS in :59. The Crescent takes 1:22. (Cardinal 1:09).
Even more strangely, NER 66 takes 40 minutes to do MSS-ALX as a less crowded train (and will a faster total ALX-WAS time) while NER 176 takes just 36 minutes to do MSS-ALX even with a stop at Burke Center (BCV) that 66 doesn't make.
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