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 Passenger rail
is conventional intercity rail operating day by day across a network of 22,000
miles reaching across 45 states. Prior to 1971, all passenger rail operations
were run by railroad entities. Thereafter, the government formed Amtrak to take
over private railroad passenger service. All passenger rail service was under
Amtrak management by 1984. Passenger rail service as we now know it, services
500 communities through 60,000 daily trips and is generally operated with freight
service provided by the railroad carriers. All of the assets, such as the rail
infrastructure, are still owned by the freight railroads. Intercity rail trips
are generally between 100 miles and 300 miles in length under the current operations.
The national vision for passenger rail is to incrementally improve the track structure
and relationship with the freight carriers leading to higher speeds and schedule
reliability. The durability and versatility of concrete cross ties and slab track
will be instrumental in reaching this goal.
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Case Studies:
Acela Express
Canton Viaduct
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