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mental757 wrote:AMTRAK is playing hardball for more money since they are so good at not having any...The figure I read somewhere was $50-60 million for trackwork; namely, a two-mile long siding so that trains stopping at the station can get out of the way of other trains passing through the area. Much like what was recently completed at Guilford, CT.
Cotuit wrote:There's also loud chatter, but nothing official yet, of Connecticut's Shore Line East service being extended from New London all the way through to Providence.
Rockingham Racer wrote:The P&W line will be used for the Airport/Warwick stop where the 2 AMTRAK lines will be used for through traffic. The Station will be built over all the tracks, so it doesn't matter what track is used for the platform. AMTRAK wanted yet another track I believe that ran at least a mile on either end of the station which would have cost another 90 milllion - they agreed in concept to used the P&W line and a shorter siding with high-tech high speed switches which would cost 50-60 million more, but since AMTRAK isn't stopping there (yet) they won't do that now. The station is being design & built to handle the AMTRAK sideing & platform for the future.mental757 wrote:AMTRAK is playing hardball for more money since they are so good at not having any...The figure I read somewhere was $50-60 million for trackwork; namely, a two-mile long siding so that trains stopping at the station can get out of the way of other trains passing through the area. Much like what was recently completed at Guilford, CT.
This leads me to a question: when an MBTA train terminates at Warwick, does it occupy one of the two present tracks, or will there be in fact, a third track for the reason I mentioned above?
There's also the P&W track that's being put in, but it's on the wrong side of the railroad for the airport stop, I think.
MACTRAXX wrote:Will there be a restored stop at Pawtucket-Central Falls?Studies are being done now to either re-open the existing Pawtucket-Central Falls Station, or build a new station just to the south. The federally funded study calls for looking into multiple options, but the city wants to restore the old station.
shadyjay wrote:With the casinos already in Southeastern Connecticut, and the prospect of the Utopia Project happening, CT is going to have to do something to improve rail connections to New London. I'm sure the LI Sound boaters would rather have more trains than more expressways running through their yards.Cotuit wrote:There's also loud chatter, but nothing official yet, of Connecticut's Shore Line East service being extended from New London all the way through to Providence.
Hah, that'll be the day! Don't let the LI Sound boaters get word of it, or they'll shoot it down.
Cotuit wrote:With the casinos already in Southeastern Connecticut, and the prospect of the Utopia Project happening, CT is going to have to do something to improve rail connections to New London. I'm sure the LI Sound boaters would rather have more trains than more expressways running through their yards.