From: grammatim@verizon.net
On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 4:46:06 PM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> On 09.04.19 17:37, John Levine wrote:
> > In article ,
> > hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> >>>> I don't disagree, though I would imagine that it is becoming easier --
> >>>> or perhaps not as difficult -- as more regional and light rail services
> >>>> appear in the United States.
> >>>
> >>> You don't seem to have any sense of the distances involved or, as John
> >>> says, the terrain.
> >>
> >> Yes, I do.
> >
> > Aw, come on. That line goes through the upper Delaware and the Catskills,
> > with towns like Hancock (pop 1031) and Deposit (pop 1700.)
>
> I'm aware of that. The fact that the line follows the Delaware and
> Susquehanna west of Port Jervis, along with the accompanying speed
> restrictions, make a direct between Binghamton and New York via that
> route uneconomical from a time perspective.
>
> (When did passenger service between Port Jervis and Binghamton come to
> an end, BTW?)
>
> Thus, I suggested a pilot programme for regional rail. And that does not
> mean that a reactivated route has to call at the same stations as once
> existed.
What market would there be for such a service?
AIUI, the only profitable bit of all of Amtrak is the Northeast Corridor.
Maybe if they ever manage to do high-speed rail between L.A. and S.F.,
people would use that line. But anywhere else?
> > If there were some way to route the a train through Scranton and
> > Stroudsburg or Easton there might be enough traffic to make it
> > worthwhile, but I doubt there's usable rails.
>
> Hence, proposals to reconnect Binghamton with New York via Scranton.
What market would there be for such a service?
> Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackawanna_Cut-Off_Restoration_P
oject#Future_phases
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