Stew’s U.S. HSR News November 2024 | CAHSR Northeast Corridor Brightline West Keystone Service Acela

5 November 2024, 17:56 published

Drama for New York City and Penn Station, drama for Brightline in Stuart, FL, and drama for the United States in the election. It’s a dramatic election special edition of Stew’s High Speed Rail News!
All that and more in this action packed exploration of all the U.S. high speed rail news that matters from October of 2024.
At the moment we’re looking at developments with California High Speed Rail, Brightline West, Cascadia High Speed Rail, Texas Central Railway, Dallas Fort Worth High Speed Transportation, Chicago Hub Network, Illinois High Speed Rail, the Northeast Corridor, and Acela Service. These are passenger rail lines planned or in service that have the potential to travel at 150mph or faster. There are other fast passenger rail routes in the U.S., like Keystone Service, Brightline Florida, and the CSX S-Line that do or could travel as fast as 125mph. I will cover those more sporadically.

SPECIAL THANKS to EPICSNAKE for the thumbnail image
https://www.youtube.com/@epicsnake21

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Image Attribution:

“A westbound SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line local on Track #4, westbound Amtrak Pennsylvanian (New York to Pittsburgh) on Track #3, and eastbound Amtrak Keystone Service (Harrisburg to New York) on Track #1 all meet at the curve on the four track Keystone Corridor in Rosemont”
by Bruce C. Cooper
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

“A westbound SEPTA Paoli/Thorndale Line regional rail train departing from the Bryn Mawr station”
by Centpacrr
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Nancy Pelosi golf-clapping Donald Trump
by Doug Mills/New York Times

Chapters:

0:00 Hey, It’s Your Old Pal Lucid Stew Again
0:14 Acela & the Northeast Corridor
2:55 Keystone Corridor
4:11 Brightline Florida
5:20 Brightline West
5:49 California High Speed Rail
6:46 Federal Grants
8:19 Intercity Passenger Rail Election Primer
10:55 Texas Central and Dallas Fort Worth HST
11:29 Stew’s Boo Boos
12:29 Thanks and Up Next
12:50 See You On That Big, Beautiful Freeway!

References:

https://pennstationcomplex.info/

https://www.amtrak.com/reports-documents

https://media.amtrak.com/news/

https://amtrakoig.gov/news/audits-press-release/oig-better-planning-frederick-douglass-tunnel-program-would-improve

https://rollcall.com/2024/10/02/amtrak-botched-planning-on-6-billion-tunnel-project-watchdog-says/

https://cbs12.com/news/local/stuart-cancels-60-million-brightline-deal-whats-next-for-the-treasure-coast

https://www.gobrightline.com/

https://www.wflx.com/2024/09/24/cautiously-optimistic-stuart-wants-brightline-county-frustrated-with-dealings/

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/martin-county/2024/10/15/chance-for-a-brightline-station-in-stuart-got-dimmer-monday/75653056007/

https://www.hometownnewstc.com/news/martin/county-pursuing-brightline-station-without-city-input/article_c20806e6-c410-524b-8bdf-2d5a5f81fb7c.html

https://www.wptv.com/news/treasure-coast/if-stuart-says-no-fort-pierce-says-yes-to-a-brightline-station