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Old 09-05-2017, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Connecticut
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Development of the world's slowest rail service from Hartford to New Haven.
Come on now. Highly unlikely. Speeds on it will be well above normal American train service. Jay
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Old 09-06-2017, 08:37 AM
 
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Some CT residents need travel more lol
I used to live in Virginia. It is high speed rail (not light rail) in the center of I-66.
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Old 09-06-2017, 08:48 AM
 
Location: JC
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I used to live in Virginia. It is high speed rail (not light rail) in the center of I-66.
Metrorail is regular heavy rail and not considered high speed. Trainsets have a theoretical max speed of 85 MPH although normal speeds are between 30-60 MPH.
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Old 09-06-2017, 12:36 PM
 
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Come on now. Highly unlikely. Speeds on it will be well above normal American train service. Jay
'Twas a joke, son.
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Old 09-07-2017, 08:16 AM
 
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Metrorail is regular heavy rail and not considered high speed. Trainsets have a theoretical max speed of 85 MPH although normal speeds are between 30-60 MPH.
No, I worked on Metro for years. It's defintely high speed transit.

Washington, DC does have heavy rail transit. Both the VRE (which I also worked on) and MARC trains are heavy rail. But Metro itself is high speed transit. Heavy rail is basically a train, like Amtrack, except is is used on short commuter lines for transit. The new Hartford/Springfield line will be heavy rail.

BTW, Metro is now using the former median space on the Dulles access road as the right of way for the new track to the airport. Not an interstate but very nice proof of concept.
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Old 09-07-2017, 09:24 AM
 
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No, I worked on Metro for years. It's defintely high speed transit.

Washington, DC does have heavy rail transit. Both the VRE (which I also worked on) and MARC trains are heavy rail. But Metro itself is high speed transit. Heavy rail is basically a train, like Amtrack, except is is used on short commuter lines for transit. The new Hartford/Springfield line will be heavy rail.

BTW, Metro is now using the former median space on the Dulles access road as the right of way for the new track to the airport. Not an interstate but very nice proof of concept.
High speed transit not high speed rail.
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Old 09-07-2017, 09:35 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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No, I worked on Metro for years. It's defintely high speed transit.

Washington, DC does have heavy rail transit. Both the VRE (which I also worked on) and MARC trains are heavy rail. But Metro itself is high speed transit. Heavy rail is basically a train, like Amtrack, except is is used on short commuter lines for transit. The new Hartford/Springfield line will be heavy rail.

BTW, Metro is now using the former median space on the Dulles access road as the right of way for the new track to the airport. Not an interstate but very nice proof of concept.
The maximum speeds on the DC Metro is 75 miles per hour. That is not high speed by worldwide standards. They would have to have speeds of 120 miles per hour to meet that criteria. Jay
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Old 09-07-2017, 09:39 AM
 
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So despite having relatives in Windsor I had not driven down Mechanic st in years. (Near the train station). Saw these huge new Apartment complex where a town garage and some industrial buildings used to be.

Apartments In Windsor CT | Windsor Stations Apartments

I knew they had developed the other old industrial building back into apartments some time ago. I asked a relative, they said the apartments are counting on the new CT rail to be a boon for them. I gather when the condos were built they had hoped the distance to amtrak would be helpful (which I gather it was) but Amtrak s limited schedule prevented most people from using it for commuting to Hartford and Springfield. In interesting to see how that works right now the amtrak ride into Hartford from Windsor is actually the same as driving or a little shorter (with no traffic) which if you work near Union station would be nice.

So if Ct rail is a real commuter option it would make life for easy for those in these new developments to get to either downtown Hartford or Springfield.
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Old 09-07-2017, 09:58 AM
 
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I gather when the condos were built they had hoped the distance to amtrak would be helpful (which I gather it was) but Amtrak s limited schedule prevented most people from using it for commuting to Hartford and Springfield. In interesting to see how that works right now the amtrak ride into Hartford from Windsor is actually the same as driving or a little shorter (with no traffic) which if you work near Union station would be nice.
The Vermonter train stops in every farmer's back yard from St Albans to New Haven but it somehow doesn't stop in Windsor. There's only one Amtrak train per day that stops there in each direction.
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Old 09-07-2017, 10:28 AM
 
Location: Connecticut
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The Vermonter train stops in every farmer's back yard from St Albans to New Haven but it somehow doesn't stop in Windsor. There's only one Amtrak train per day that stops there in each direction.
The state's new service on the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line will begin early next year with 18 commuter trains per day. That is the service the developers are hoping to cash in on with those apartments in Windsor, not Amtrak trains. Jay
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