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[QUOTE]Originally posted by PullmanCo: [QB] Only two full months late, Kansas DOT has released its Service Development Plan: Here's the Readers Digest Condensed Version: - Prep/Startup costs: $136.5M to $475M depending on if it's the extension to Newton and cross platform transfer at 0300 (low end) or daylight service (high end). - Equipment costs: $4M to add cars to the existing Flyer, $68M to buy a new train for daylight service. - Annual subsidy: Now it goes to the 2012 Kansas Legislature. Gotta love this comment in the Introduction: [i]"The state supported passenger rail project under consideration connects Kansas City, MO with Fort Worth, TX using conventional passenger rail equipment operating at a top speed of [b]79 MPH."[/b][/i] Gotta love this line in the Introduction: [i]"The extended service to Newton (Heartland Flyer Extension) is estimated to require [b]six years[/b] to implement, including environmental reviews, preliminary engineering, construction and commissioning. The development of the KC-OKC-FW Daytime Service or the long term possibility of Combined Services is expected to approach [b]seven years[/b] from the start of the environmental studies.[/i] So much for my timelines. As pessimistic as I was, I was hopelessly optimistic. 2020 is realistic. [URL=http://www.ksdot.org/PDF_Files/PDF-Passenger-Rail-SDP.pdf]Click here for the study[/URL] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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