No, the Sprinter is considered to be diesel light rail (same as Ottawa's O-Train and NJ's RiverLINE), so it falls under the Transit qualification.Does this include DMU's or whatever they are like the North San Diego Sprinter?
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Posted 27 December 2009 - 03:23 PM
Kevin Korell
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Lakewood, NJ
#12
Posted 22 March 2010 - 11:56 AM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 11 April 2010 - 02:10 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 22 June 2011 - 12:52 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 23 June 2011 - 10:43 PM
So..... now that we have two dozen, who do I predict be number 25?These commuter rail lines will be coming online within a few years:
- RTD (Denver)
- Capital-Red Rose Corridor (Harrisburg)
- Lone Star Transit District (LSTAR, Austin, TX)
- SunRail (Orlando, FL)
- SMART (Sonoma & Marin Counties, CA)
Out of the five above, the only one that seems like it's in construction status and with no setbacks so far, is Denver. The East Line to the airport will most likely be first, and then the Gold Line. Projected date is 2017.
There are no projected dates for SunRail, LSTAR, or Capital-Red Rose Corridor; in fact one hardly hears about the latter anymore. SMART was projected for 2014, but if that date does hold it may be a watered down version that doesn't connect with the ferry to San Francisco.
Bottom line, it will be a while before this thread receives another update, unless the worst happens and we lose a rail operator. Let's hope not!
I'm also adding another property to the future list, namely TEX, which will be yet another Texas commuter rail line and a cousin of Trinity Railway Express (TRE). It will run on a diagonal from southwestern Fort Worth, through downtown (interfacing with TRE, the Texas Eagle and the Heartland Flyer), and then to the northeast through Grapevine to the DFW Airport (connecting with the future DART Orange Line). Website here. If TEX and LSTAR come to fruition, Texas will truly be the commuter rail capital of the nation!
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 24 June 2011 - 12:55 PM
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Posted 24 June 2011 - 01:47 PM
Jishnu,Perhaps we should add UTA Frontrunner South (Salt Lake City to Provo), which is on track to come on line in 2015. I was just out there, and saw that construction is coming along well. The platforms for Provo and Murray stations are pretty much done and they are starting to lay tracks. Murray is an interchange station with TRAX. I saw the station site work while traveling on TRAX to Sandy and back.
FrontRunner South will be an add-on to an existing system, and not a new system. So its startup, hopefully by 2015, will not affect this list. But thanks for the progress report. Interesting to note that just like FrontRunner North, most of the line is on private ROW adjacent to the Union Pacific tracks rather than sharing tracks with freight trains. This construction would be visible to passengers of the California Zephyr, except that if close to schedule it operates through SLC in both directions in darkness.
Edited by KevinKorell, 24 June 2011 - 10:30 PM.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 26 October 2012 - 12:46 AM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 25 August 2013 - 02:17 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
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Posted 02 May 2014 - 01:32 AM
Kevin Korell
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Lakewood, NJ
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