United States Department of Transportation
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Commuter-Intercity Rail Improvement Study (Boston-New York)
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1993-05-01
[PDF-11.42 MB]
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Abstract:This study was carried out under the direction of a departmental task force. The 226 page report identifies and characterizes the costs and benefits of improvements that could be achieved in commuter and intercity rail passenger service on the Boston-New York segment of the Northeast Corridor (the 456 mile system of railroad passenger service infrastructure extending from Boston to Washington, DC, with New York City at its midpoint). The study clarifies the nature, costs and benefits of major investments in the rail infrastructure, and brings together the results of studies, analyses and estimates by the participating public agencies, operating railroads and others, as well as the assessments by the study team. Major infrastructure rehabilitation and improvement projects are identified and organized into five overall projects. The report discusses the potential savings in intercity trip times for operating equipment, commuter trip time impacts and ridership gains. It estimates the results of the improvement programs to be significant in terms of reduced trip times - as low as 2-1/2 hours. This report offers to provide a basis for developing the necessary consensus (among owners, operators and all levels of government) for policy formulation and decision making.
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