Trans Domiion Express in Virginia is alive and moving forward with the recent agreement between AMTRACK and TDX committee participants in Virginia with support of Virginia Govie Agencies. Conversation Fairfax C2C : Conversation Fairfax C2C :

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Tier II Environmental Impact Statement

Southeast High Speed Rail – Richmond, VA, to Raleigh, NC


Tier II Draft Environmental Impact Statement

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Where are you going to find the rights of way for these?

The northeast corridor north of DC is OWNED by Amtrak. There isn't a similar situation to the south. There are two existing rail corridors south and southwest of Alexandria. One is controlled by CSX and the other by Norfolk Southern. Both railroads run a fair amount of freight over these lines and neither is going to authorize the alteration of the lines so that they could accommodate high speed passenger rail. Both also currently host Amtrak and commuter rail service.

CSX has been part of the TDX Committee and the SW High Speed Rail discussion since 2007. The plan uses their tracks, and some other railroad tracks as well.

These issuse are part of the agreement between AMTRACK and TDX Committee in existence now for many years.

The AMTRACK Virginia/TDX Committtee Agreement however is recent, last public event was in October, 2013 as given in the URL I have provided.

Southeast High Speed Rail – Richmond, VA, to Raleigh, NC


Tier II Draft Environmental Impact Statement

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http://www.sehsr.org/deis/deis.html

There is a big difference between operating more passenger trains and running them at higher speeds, and running true high speed train service. The following article does a fairly good job of explaining this:

http://www.progressiverailroading.com/norfolk_southern/article/States-are-delving-deeper-into-highspeed-rail-planning-but-are-the-host-railroads-onboard--23532

You mentioned Richmond to Raleigh. This is a fundamentally different situation from what exists from Alexandria to Richmond. For years there were two separate rail lines heading south from Richmond to Florida. One owned by the Atlantic Coast Line that ran through Rocky Mount NC and one owned by the Seaboard Air Line that ran through Raleigh. When the railroads merged they decided only one line was needed. Ultimately CSX railbanked the former SAL line running from Richmond to Raleigh. I believe it is this railbanked right of way that is being discussed as a candidate for future passenger service.

While it may be possible to construct the former SAL line for true high speed service, it is my understanding they are currently talking about 100 mph trains. This is well below the true high speed trains the Japanese and French have. This makes sense given that beyond Raleigh and above Richmond Virginia there is little possibility of true high speed rail operations. And remember that 100 mph is the normal top operating speed. Allowing for stops and speed limitations the average terminal to terminal speed might be 80.

Now the question is whether it makes sense to spend huge piles of money to construct a rail line from Richmond to Raleigh which in turn will require more piles of money to subsidize operations. Is there really enough potential passenger traffic to justify that? Also are you going to spend even more money to upgrade CSX and Norfolk Southern's existing lines to achieve slightly better passenger speeds in order to take advantage of that Richmond to Raleigh line? Would it be better to spend smaller sums to add trains on existing rails, including some that do not currently have passenger service? Or would it be better to devote that money to other uses.

High speed rail in much of the U.S. is a great idea...FOR THE EARLY 1960s. At that time there was extensive excess rail capacity which could have been tapped for potential dedicated passenger rail lines. Urban sprawl hadn't gotten out of hand. It was still possible to acquire new rail corridors relatively cheaply and to shape land use decisions to take better advantage of rail service. The replacement of propeller passenger planes with jets was starting to make regional air service less attractive. The interstate highway system wasn't fully developed and part of our psyche. Even in the 1930s we had the technology to operate passenger trains in excess of 100 mph, PROVIDED the roadbed was up to it. Once dedicated to passenger service, rail lines could have been updated to meet the requirements of much faster trains.

Now high speed operations are still a reasonable option in certain areas where there is both enough traffic to justify it and corridors that could be used to build the lines. Virginia may have the traffic north of Richmond, but we no longer have the corridors.

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We don't have any wild elephants in Virginia Region, but we do have other wildlife such as deer, fox, raccoons, domestic pets, etc, whose well being as well well being can addressed by the new sensors along the path of the train tracks and other barriers to keep wildlife off the train tracks, including natural canopys for such wildlife to cross over as important for their daily serach for food and mates.


Thank you for bringing the imoprtance of wildlife on the path of the train track s an important technology innovation to be addressed affordable way as possible now with pin pont satelite tracking, sonar and other infrared rf technologies that are affordable now and can be used to address this issue.


Open Knowledge Success Story To Protect Wildlife Along Highways & Train Tracks

A Road Ecology Center project at the John Muir Institute for Environmental Research at the University of California shows that science and technology complement one another well. In the summer of 2002

http://knowledge.allianz.com/mobility/transportation_safety/?2345/crash-with-nature
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Seek wisdom and quality of life day to day with TDX Inter-City Travel in Virginia.

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> Seek wisdom and quality of life day to day with
> TDX Inter-City Travel in Virginia.
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> CafetwinV
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On The TDX, from Old Town Alexandria Station to Charlottesville, VA.

Comming Soon people !


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Ok TDX Families and Seniors on a day excursion to Richmond VA enjoying a pleasant lunch while on an excursion to Richmond, VA for a day, business or pleasure or both .

Here is what we might expect in such a everyday inter-city visit from Washington DC to Richmond, once again, now different than in my Memoryland Virginia 1865 with Grant's Army of the Potomac or Lee's Army of NOrthern Virginia.


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> On The TDX, from Old Town Alexandria Station to
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News flash. WE ALREADY HAVE TRAIN SERVICE BETWEEN WASHINGTON DC, ALEXANDRIA AND CHARLOTTESVILLE. I believe Amtrak currently runs two trains on this route, the Crescent to New Orleans and the Cardinal to Cincinnati and Chicago.

Now when you get trains running again to Norfolk, to Roanoke and to Bristol, that will be an accomplishment. Of course it will only put us back to where we were in 1971. And it is my guess that running speeds won't be much higher than what they were in the heyday of passenger rail.

There is enormus benefit to affordable trains coming back again for inter-city travel that is convenient, comfortable, timely and fun.

(01) benefit for business, education, and reconecting rural and urban Virginia in a way that can reduce the incentives for urban sprawls and excessive and unacceptable trafic jams on 66, 495, 95 and other major highways.

It's the right direction to less driving and more convenient travel by Virginians on the go !

Yea, it won't all happen instantly of course but persisence determination that of the TDX committee and AMTRACK that lead to the historic agreement after 10 years of effort !

Rejoice Virginia, innovation in intercity rail transporation is coming, hopefully affordable and convenient so people will have incentive tu sue the TDX.

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