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This is a question regarding the Spring 2001 Timetable Changes. ... What is the list of timetable changes for this one. Any of the new (Des Moines, Lake Cities/Toledo, etc) starting on the new one? What about Maricopa Amtrak Station?
------------------ Mark Landau
MLC Member # 58
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Don't bet the house on AMTRAK's expansion plans!
MPALMER Member # 125
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Per the latest RailPAC quarterly, Maricopa station (platform) is not open and will need to be re-constructed. It was built in a location that assumed a second track would be installed, but that track is not in place yet.
yummykaz Member # 475
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I freaked out when I pulled up Sunset Ltd time schedule.Does not even show going through ElPaso from Houston! Which is where I am going in March. I called Amtrack and they said everything was the same no changes yet.
If the routes had changed, my vacation would be BLOWN!
------------------ I am in no hurry, so I take the train.
marp Member # 175
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MLC is right. Norfolk Southern recently testified in Congress, "Capacity- the presence of passenger trains cannot diminsh the capacity of a line to handle its existing freight service and provide for anticipated freight growth. Compensation- NS expects to be faily compensated for use of its track and right of way. Passenger service on the heavily used mainlines is problematic, and figuring out how- if at all- passenger trains can be accommodated requires a great deal of work and analysis." H. Craig Lewis, VP Corporate Affairs before Senate Subcomommittee on Surface Transportation, Dec. 6, 2000. Trnaslation: "If you want any more trains, you're going to pay through the nose." John DeLora
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