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It appears that total (estimated) cost of the project is $6.9 Billion. Therefore, the cost brakes down as follows: $5 billion RRIF Loan $1.4 Billion Private Financing $500 Million ?? Thus, the real question is, how does the authority come up with the additional $500 million? Another important quest...

I think the entire point of this exercise is just to spend a lot of taxpayer money on a feasibility study.

Nevertheless, I was of thought that the new "Hbf" is a run-through station, and I thought the term "Hbf" was reserved for stub end terminal stations such as at Frankfurt/Main; apparently not the case. It just means principal station. The new Berlin station is largely all new. Ne...

I do like the concept of trading baggage attendants at stations for a staffed baggage car. I'm not saying I speak from having crunched the numbers, but it's an interesting out-of-box solution. A staffed baggage car would solve a lot of issues associated with routes that have only one train with bag...

If you removed the baggage handlers from stations along the line and went to staffed baggage cars instead, I could see a policy for transporting pets in safe containers on shorter runs where the animals wouldn't have to be fed, watered and exercised. However, with the prevalence of environmental all...

Article from the NY Times today about 'visions' for a future Penn Station. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/arts/design/thinking-big-four-visions-of-a-new-penn-station.html?ref=nyregion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Clearly no thought given to anything related to train t...

May he rest in piece. This I belive is a sad day for NJ, or at least it should be. I think he has done a lot for NJ in all areas, including public transportation. Every politician who's ever "done a lot" for their constituents has done so with taxpayer money. Don't kid yourself, it's alwa...

k4pacific et al. Since CSXT follows a "what-the-traffic-will-bear' pricing theory, the investment will not impact pricing. What Mr. Pease needs are trucking alternatives. Then CSXT pricing will reflect what unknowledgeable pricing people at CSXT think is the 'market price'. Costs are never the...

CSX railroad expansion expected to benefit Massena

I agree, India is much worse off in terms of HSR than the US. Is there an estimated date on when the first Mumbai-Ahemedabad train will be running?(I know it will be a lot sooner than the actual date of the first run) India is in a much better position to build new dedicated HSR lines than the Unit...

Given the lack of technical expertise, and the disregard for economics, facts or even simple common sense at CHSRA, we can only hope that Amtrak's purchasing decision isn't guided by the HSR fantasists in California. There isn't even very much common ground between the operating conditions on the NE...

New Deal tops priority list http://www.nugget.ca/2012/12/28/new-deal-tops-priority-list A Conservative MP doesn't have a voice in the upcoming Liberal leadership election, and most likely won't have a voice after the new Premier is chosen in late January, short of an unexpected election this year.

An analogy: Accident survivability in cars from the 1950s basically consisted of making the cars as heavy and stiff as possible so that in the event of a wreck the car would not deform and would basically plow through whatever it ran into. This approach is not really that effective. You analogy is ...

A New Deal … A Brighter Future for Northern Ontario The New Deal for Northern Ontario will revitalize the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission (ONTC) while creating significant economic opportunities and thousands of new jobs in the province’s North. It's a pity that it isn't a credible plan...

This is good to hear. What is the chance of the Northlander being restored (versus political promises that aren't kept)? I always wanted to ride the ONR end-to-end (coupled maybe with a ACR ride, too). The odds of the Northlander service being resumed are still about zero. Keep in mind that there i...