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3 Ongoing expansion and development of intercity passenger rail service in the United States continues to face challenges. Since 1970, intercity passenger rail services in the United States have been operated by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
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4 Guidebook for Intercity passenger rail Service and Development Purpose of This Guidebook This guidebook documents best practices for those seeking to initiate or improve intercity passenger rail service. Detailed technical studies have been performed on many of the elements enumerated in this report so, where possible, the authors have provided links to reference documents and websites that offer the most current guidance.
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Introduction 5 higher rates in rail transportation is that the physical fixed plant of the rail network is held as a public asset in most other countries. Public ownership elevates the profile of rail and provides an automatic seat at the table when public resource allocations are considered for passenger mobility.
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6 Guidebook for Intercity passenger rail Service and Development – Rail service is particularly attractive for trips between urban centers, given the location of most passenger rail facilities at the core of major urban markets. This strategic advantage for rail is a direct product of the development history of major cities where legacy railway infrastructure served as the primary intercity passenger transportation mode in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Introduction 7 • Host Freight Carrier Representatives. Such representatives will gain a fuller understanding of the policy and planning context that guides state and other public-sector agency involvement in passenger rail initiatives.
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8 Guidebook for Intercity passenger rail Service and Development sizable public rail capacity investments in order to avoid adverse effects on the service capability of the freight franchise. A 5- to 10-year horizon for launch of operations is a reasonable goal.
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Introduction 9 • National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
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10 Guidebook for Intercity passenger rail Service and Development • Chapter 2: Visioning: Intercity Passenger Rail Program Establishment. This chapter summarizes the steps for establishing an intercity passenger rail service program and the potential structures/guidance for doing so.
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Introduction 11 Only two recent U.S. rail service initiatives, California High-Speed Rail and the Texas Central Railway project (Dallas–Houston)
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