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Then he notes that Pan Am, Amtrak, and the passenger authority reached an agreement on track maintenance and how to handle new service proposals.
Fink has written to the board about how his railroad once butted heads with Amtrak and the Northern New England Passenger Authority over Downeaster service. Why, exactly, are you before the board when you should have worked this out years ago? It shouldn’t take six years to figure out what’s required to begin new passenger service. For All Parties: Trains Columnist Bill Stephens Perish the thought, but if I were on the STB here are the questions I would want answered. (Among those on the agenda: Wick Moorman, former CEO of Norfolk Southern and Amtrak, who should provide a unique perspective.) Then on March 9 the parties involved – Amtrak on one side and CSX, NS, and Alabama port officials on the other – will make their case to the STB. The STB will get an earful of public comments on Feb. And now regulators have to sort out the mess. CSX and NS say at least $405 million in improvements would be required so that passenger trains would not interfere with freights. After CSX and NS said no, Amtrak last March hauled them before the STB. 1, 2022 – with or without capacity improvements. Last year Amtrak pulled out of a much-delayed rail traffic control study and told the host railroads that it wanted to launch service on Jan. So now Amtrak is at loggerheads with CSX, NS, and the port. Simple, right?Įxcept that none of that happened on the Gulf Coast despite years of study. Amtrak picks up the tab, track improvements are made, and then service begins. They collaborate on a traffic study that helps determine what capacity improvements may be required. But what’s really at stake is Amtrak’s right to access host railroads and how to determine what capacity projects are necessary to support passenger trains and ensure they don’t snarl freight traffic.Īmtrak and host railroads typically work out agreements on new or expanded service. Technically, this is about Amtrak’s disagreement with the freight railroads over starting a pair of daily round trips between Mobile, Ala., and New Orleans. (Bob Johnston)Īmtrak will square off against CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and the Port of Mobile, Ala., during Surface Transportation Board hearings this month and next regarding proposed Gulf Coast passenger service. Amtrak and host railroads CSX and NS have been mired in a dispute over starting service along the route. 18, 2016, to see Amtrak’s Gulf Coast inspection train. Louis, Miss., townspeople turn out on Feb.
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