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11 Identification of Commuter Rail Systems This chapter provides a brief summary of commuter rail development in the United States and Canada and the factors that influenced that development. Commuter rail in North America includes legacy systems and new starts.
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12 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook Public Service Legacy Systems Service Area 1962 Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH) , Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Port Authority of NY & NJ)
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History of Commuter Rail 13 standards, the service deteriorated noticeably in the 12 years the agreement was in effect (Wilcock and Stoetzel 2013)
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14 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook operating intercity passenger rail from private freight railroads. Most of the remaining passenger services that were operated by freight railroad companies were commuter rail trains (Bing et al.
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History of Commuter Rail 15 rail service in New Jersey, and SEPTA Regional Rail began operating commuter rail service in Philadelphia. As directed by Congress, the Maryland State Rail Administration (MSRA)
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16 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook The era of change also affected many of the other legacy systems, which in most cases took on new approaches for service delivery. In many cases, these new approaches involved a transfer of the ownership of assets from the private to the public sector in the decade following NRSA.
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History of Commuter Rail 17 • Caltrain. The original peninsula railroad corridor between San Francisco and San Jose was constructed in 1863 by the San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road.
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18 Contracting Commuter Rail Services, Volume 1: Guidebook provide track and right-of-way maintenance on the lines they own, and Metrolink contracts for these functions on the remaining lines.
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History of Commuter Rail 19 • A-train. The A-train is a commuter rail service provided by DCTA from Denton and Lewisville in Denton County to Carrollton in Dallas County.
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