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LOST CAUSE,the state wont fund it,congress critters killed it.
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Pensyfan19 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:34 pmSo it's been officially one year since this route went into the history books of Amtrak. Any talk of restoring daily Chicago to Indy service, or any passenger rail proposal for the corridor?At this point Amtrak is considering (temporarily) reducing service on other routes to three a week in October. So I'd have to say that it would be a firm NO to any increase of service for the Cardinal or resumption of service for the Hoosier State.
Pensyfan19 wrote:So it's been officially one year since this route went into the history books of Amtrak. Any talk of restoring daily Chicago to Indy service, or any passenger rail proposal for the corridor?Nothing whatsoever that I have seen, heard or read of elsewhere. Prior to COVID it might have been "a few years out" ... Now you would be lucky to speculate on "sometime this decade".
gokeefe wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 6:17 pmNothing whatsoever that I have seen, heard or read of elsewhere. Prior to COVID it might have been "a few years out" ... Now you would be lucky to speculate on "sometime this decade".This is one of those services that even a pro-train politician would have trouble supporting as it stands. It sounds like the main affinity group for the Hoosier State is railfans.
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This is one of those services that even a pro-train politician would have trouble supporting as it stands. It sounds like the main affinity group for the Hoosier State is railfans.The main problem with this train is that it was a tri-weekly service which ran at undesirable times of the day. This problem is also common among Amtrak's numerous LD routes (that is, arriving at undesirable times of the day for small towns and major cities such as Cleveland and Salt Lake City). In order to solve this, I feel either a state ran service with devoted funding (possibly NICTD) or a private corporation (NOT Iowa Pacific) should provide daily service with numerous frequencies at reasonable times of the day. This way there would be support a valuable part of a major corridor in the Midwest, and could attract more riders to the train instead of the car or plane.
Brightline service would be appreciated, though I think it’s a pipe dream to imagine a privately-funded railroad between these two particular points in no small part because of the Chicago terminal access issues. Besides, I-65 is busy but isn’t THAT crowded with either cars or buses. (Semis, absolutely, and any future CHI-IND rail investment would be best to include freight access.)
west point wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:40 am Had wondered if using NICTD to Dyer would speed up Amtrak when that is finished but have to wonder if Superliners would clear the wires especially on the IC portion ?Two notes there: