I-5a USA.pdf

Amtrak’s Vision of High-Speed

Rail in the Northeast Corridor

High Speed Rail Transport

A chance for Poland and Central Europe

Christine Suchy

Principal Officer, High Speed Intercity Passenger Program Management

The Amtrak System

Cascades

Chicago Hub

Long distance routes

connect major hubs

and corridor services

California

corridors

Northeast

Corridor

(NEC)

Amtrak at a Glance – Ridership and Revenue

Ridership, FY2011

Ticket Revenue, FY2011

Long

Distance,

3.79m,

15%

Acela,

2.86m,

11%

Long

Distance,

$398.24m,

25%

Acela,

$415.96m,

27%

NE Regional,

6.31m,

25%

Regional,

$414.73m,

26%

State

Corridors,

$353.79m,

22%

State

Corridors,

12.26m,

49%

• State corridors – nearly half of Amtrak’s ridership

• NEC – over half of Amtrak ticket revenue, majority of capital funding

• Long distance – fewer riders, longer trips, majority of Federal operating

support

• All business lines rely on Shared Costs – stations, mechanical, systems

Northeast Corridor – Overview

20% of US GDP



50 million

people



Endpoints are Boston and

Washington, DC

Population density =/> Europe and

12 times US average



738 km through 12 states, DC



8 commuter operators

• 8 airports

3 freight operators



• 12 ports



Amtrak high speed, regional, long-

distance trains

Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor: Overview

• More than half our daily trains (153 of 305),

more than 1,800 daily commuter trains

• Carries more than 750,000 riders every day

• 17 tunnels (six of them under the Hudson

River into Manhattan)

Acela Express on the 1835

Canton Viaduct – at 200 km/h

• 1,186 bridges (14 of them moveable)

Susquehanna River Bridge, 1907

• Top speeds of 240 km/h for Acela Express

and 200 km/h for Northeast Regional

• We carry more passengers than all the

airlines put together between:

– NYC and Boston

Baltimore’s B&P Tunnel:

In continuous service since

1873

– NYC and Washington, DC

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