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Amtrak route restructure targets new corridors
Hat tip, scott9915 at Trainorders
Amtrak route restructure targets new corridors
Eric Anderson
Feb. 5, 2021 | Updated: Feb. 6, 2021 3:09 p.m.
Amtrak officials have been crisscrossing the United States in recent months, meeting with state transportation officials in places like Tennessee, Texas and Nevada as they seek to bring train service to some of the nation's fastest growing population centers.
While most of the focus is on new routes in the South and West, New York state and the Capital Region likely would benefit from the effort as well.
Amtrak is focusing on developing new "corridors," routes tying together population centers that are several hundred miles apart and offer frequent train service. Some of the changes would be extensions of existing routes.
For example, Empire Corridor trains heading west from Albany to Buffalo could continue on to Cleveland. Some could also continue to Detroit via Toledo.
Other services would be new. Ohio officials, for example, are looking at restoring service between Cleveland and Cincinnati via Columbus and Dayton.
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Written By
Eric Anderson
Reach Eric on https://www.facebook.com/bizeditor1 https://twitter.com/BizEditorEric
Eric Anderson is the editor of the Times Union's business section. He also covers biotech, transportation, retail, Albany International Airport and the Port of Albany. Eric also writes the Traveling Man column for the Times Union's Upstate magazine. You can reach him at eanderson@timesunion.com.
Eric Anderson
Feb. 5, 2021 | Updated: Feb. 6, 2021 3:09 p.m.
Amtrak officials have been crisscrossing the United States in recent months, meeting with state transportation officials in places like Tennessee, Texas and Nevada as they seek to bring train service to some of the nation's fastest growing population centers.
While most of the focus is on new routes in the South and West, New York state and the Capital Region likely would benefit from the effort as well.
Amtrak is focusing on developing new "corridors," routes tying together population centers that are several hundred miles apart and offer frequent train service. Some of the changes would be extensions of existing routes.
For example, Empire Corridor trains heading west from Albany to Buffalo could continue on to Cleveland. Some could also continue to Detroit via Toledo.
Other services would be new. Ohio officials, for example, are looking at restoring service between Cleveland and Cincinnati via Columbus and Dayton.
{snip}
Written By
Eric Anderson
Reach Eric on https://www.facebook.com/bizeditor1 https://twitter.com/BizEditorEric
Eric Anderson is the editor of the Times Union's business section. He also covers biotech, transportation, retail, Albany International Airport and the Port of Albany. Eric also writes the Traveling Man column for the Times Union's Upstate magazine. You can reach him at eanderson@timesunion.com.