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   On 01/08/2018 01:25, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > On 31/07/2018 23:20, John Levine wrote:   
   >> In article ,   
   >> hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk  wrote:   
   >>> So, is there any real progress  on any of the aforementioned projects   
   >>> and which of them is the most realistic at this point? Is it perhaps   
   >>> still a "Wouldn't that be nice? Maybe someday." scenario?   
   >>   
   >> None of them, as far as I can tell.  There's an election campaign   
   >> heating up and I haven't heard anything about it.   
   >   
   > Yes, the Mid-Terms are coming up.   
   >   
   >>> (I am guessing that extension of service from Poughkeepsie to   
   >>> Rhinecliff-Kingston is the most realistic option at the moment, due to   
   >>> the relative ease of making legal and physical changes.)   
   >>   
   >> Well, yeah, that line has Amtrak passenger service, and M-N and Amtrak   
   >> already share the line south of Poughkeepsie.   
   >   
   > Yes, I know; they're sharing metal for now between Poughkeepsie and all   
   > the way to GCT. It's normally between Poughkeepsie and Riverdale, where   
   > Amtrak trains traverse the Empire Connection to join the West Side Line.   
   >   
   >> They probably wouldn't   
   >> have to make any physical changes other than perhaps some sidings near   
   >> Rhinecliff to store trains.   
   >   
   > They would need to raise the platforms as well as put in signage, TVMs.   
   >   
   > Is there space for a siding track to turn trains, BTW?   
      
      
   One other thing: What is the current state of plans to re-electrify the   
   Danbury Branch and to extend at least as far as New Milford?   
      
   I remember hearing at least 20 years ago that MTA would like to refry   
   the line, but I wonder how much traction that has at the moment.   
      
   Would it be safe to assume that any prospect of rehanging wires go   
   hand-in-hand with extending to New Milford?   
      
   I am also guessing that such a project needs to be a joint effort   
   between MTA and CDOT, probably with the former undertaking and   
   supervising the work and some of the cash and the remaining sum would   
   coming from the latter.   
      
   Any progress on extending the Waterbury Branch up to Hartford? Or is   
   that unlikely as Amtrak has that route covered out of New Haven?   
      
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