Expanded DC/Baltimore Commuter Rail Proposals

[gokeefe]

I never realized that was the issue. WOW. How unfortunate.

[MattW]

Pass the costs along to who?

[gokeefe]

Passengers. FTA supported services have to keep fares within certain guidelines as part of federal efforts to encourage use of mass transit.

[mmi16]

Did a little research - the B&O branch from Weverton to Hagerstown was called the Washington County Branch. Part of it south of Hagerstown is active but much of it has reverted to adjacent owners, and it looks like a major bridge has been removed.

mmi16: it doesn’t follow I-70 or cross the same ridgelines, though the grades out of the Potomac Valley seem plenty steep enough.

Well aware that the Brunswick-Hagerstown B&O line does not follow I-70, also well aware the most of the Appalachian mountains exist on a nominally North - South axis that in one way or another have to be conquered in moving from Weverton to Hagerstown.