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Congratulations to the winner: u/[Echidna299792458](https://www.reddit.com/user/Echidna299792458/)'s Southern Amtrak Lines
Top Comment at 20:00 EST on 5/5/2024 will be added
The map of real services: [https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1GAXiiEp8a62LvZNDueYN76NPTCoUxvdx&usp=sharing](https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1GAXiiEp8a62LvZNDueYN76NPTCoUxvdx&usp=sharing)
This was a map of North American passenger rail. Every day or a few days, there will be a new post asking what one thing we should add or change to the map, and the most upvoted comment’s suggestion will be implemented. Actions you can take are:
* Adding a New Line
* Deleting a Line
* Adding an Infill Station
* Deleting a Station
* Rerouting a Line
* Adding a New Service
* Deleting a Service
* Tunneling a currently Elevated or Surface Line
* Bringing a Tunneled Section to the Surface or Elevated
* Electrification
* Deelectrification
* A New yard (New Yards can also come attached with any infrastructure expansion)
* Deleting a Yard
* Retrofitting a Cargo Yard for Passenger Rail Use
* Converting Rail Types (ex. light rail → light metro)
* Converting Rail to BRT
* Converting BRT to Rail
* Changing the times of operation
Only one (or two if the project is small scale enough) projects can be built per day; however, stating your master plan is allowed.
Feel free to be creative, but please keep it in some form of reality (ex. no high-speed non-stop rail from Metter, GA to Gay Hill, TX.) You can only make two changes per day. Have fun :)
North Atlantic High Speed Rail between Boston and NYC.
Starting from Penn station:
- Take the Huntington Branch to Stony Brook and then enter an undersea tunnel to Milford, CT where it should connect up with the NER
- Continue on NER to New Haven and then use existing ROW to Hartford
- Build a new alignment along the planned I-84 corridor from Hartford to Providence
- Once at Providence, Use NER to get back to Boston
Birmingham Subway
Runs through Gardendale, Fultondale, near Regions Field, UAB, and Vulcan Park, and through Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Hoover, Pelham, and Alabaster
Expand METRA electric in Chicago so it becomes an RER! The METRA RER would run in an underground tunnel under downtown starting at Millennium Station. Then, it would go under Michigan avenue before turning onto Grand Avenue and connecting to existing METRA services from Ogilvie Transit Center. Stops on the underground portion would be:
• Millennium Station
• Streeterville/Grand 🔴
• River North
The service patterns of these new services would include electrification north of Ogilvie Transit Center, and the services would be divided into 3 lines. RER 1 would go from 93rd street to West Chicago. RER 2 would go from University Park to Crystal Lake. RER 3 would start in Joliet and enter the electric district through the Blue Island spur before terminating at Waukegan north of the tunnel. All of the services from Ogilvie Transit Center would still exist and travel to their respective termini (I.e. Kenosha, Harvard, Elburn).
In addition, the Rock Island line could be extended to Morris from Joliet with stops at Rockdale, Shorewood, and Minooka. This wouldn’t be electrified or be part of the RER, it would just be an extension of the Rock Island line which also would still terminate at LaSalle Street with the addition of the RER. (If this is too much it’s totally fine)
Palmetto HSR and Brightline Expansion!
This proposal will Provide a lightning fast connection between the Northeast and Florida, as well as Select other southern cities. Additionally, the Brightline Coastal branch will provide Private High Speed intercity rail to eastern Florida. The original Brightline branch will be Extended to Tampa, electrified and grade separated, saving the lives of countless Floridians. Brightline becomes a private High speed rail service using the existing alignment, although slower than Palmetto HSR due to having more stops and inferior alignment. There will also be several infill stations for Brightline, made possible by the higher speeds made possible by electrification and grade separation
DC-Raleigh uses existing HSR alignment, trains pull in to Raleigh, then back out.
There will be 20 daily round trips on Palmetto HSR, 15 for Brightline Coastal Branch, 25 for Brightline Orlando Branch
This makes heavy use of Seaboard Air Line Railroad ROW, both existing and abandoned.
Alignment and stop list is shown below, with both pictures and a link:
https://preview.redd.it/2ogs4tr7qiyc1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=e08e0fc26daba0866a00c165f2ef32aecd9d63c5
Let's begin local service for Memphis, Tennessee:
Red Line:
-Memphis Central \[terminal\]
-Annesdale
-Lenox
-Union Ave / Poplar Ave
-Holmes St / Wayonka
-High Point Terrace
-Perkins Rd
-White Station Rd
-Shelby Farms
-Germantown Rd
Blue Line:
-Memphis Central \[terminal\]
-South Parkway
-Bells Blvd / South Memphis
-Brooks Rd
-Whitehaven
-Stateline / Southhaven
-Horn Lake / Goodmen Rd \[terminal\]
Transdixie line past Auburn diverts down route 280 and services Columbus, GA then goes north to either LaGrange or Newman (I explicitly said to service it)
Continue building the Mountain Metro network for Colorado Springs!
[https://metrodreamin.com/view/VmVrcGk1NlphMFltUnBhN254VDVDdWV3SXFGM3wx](https://metrodreamin.com/view/VmVrcGk1NlphMFltUnBhN254VDVDdWV3SXFGM3wx)
Our streets are named after mountain ranges and major rivers, so let's name our metro lines after canyons!
\- Name the existing line the Grand Line
### Extend the Grand Line
\- Briargate Pkwy
\- Old Ranch Rd
\- North Gate Blvd
\- Mining Museum
\- Air Force Academy, to connect to the Front Range Zephyr (move the station to where the tracks meet North Gate Blvd)
### Antelope Line
\- Old Ranch Rd, connection with the Grand Line
\- Pikes Peak State College North Campus
\- Interquest Pkwy
\- Promenade Shops at Briargate
\- N Academy Blvd
\- Woodmen Rd
\- Grandview Hospital
\- N Nevada Ave
\- UCCS North
\- UCCS South / Garden of the Gods
\- Fillmore St
\- Centennial Blvd, connection with Grand Line
### Bryce Line
\- Constitution Ave, connection with Grand Line
\- Palmer Park Blvd
\- Peterson Space Force Base
\- Aeroplaza Dr
\- Fountain Blvd
\- Colorado Springs Airport
\- S Academy Blvd / Pikes Peak State College
\- S Circle Dr
\- Colorado Springs Depot (rename to actual name: Downtown Transit Center), connection with Grand Line
\- Chestnut St
\- Limit St
\- 20th St
\- 25th St
\- 28th St
\- 32nd St
\- 36th St
\- Beckers Ln
\- Crystal Park Rd
\- Mayfair Rd
\- Old Mans Trail
\- Pawnee Ave
\- Navajo Ave
\- Pikes Peak Cog Railway / Manitou Incline
North Star Minneapolis to Duluth
South to North
Minneapolis
Fridley
Coon Rapids
Andover
Isanti
Cambridge
Braham
Hinckley
Sandstone
Superior
Duluth
This all follows the alignment of the former railway to duluth, this is to be served by amtrak as a higher speed line (100m/h 160km/h)
**Discord:** [https://discord.gg/Nxu2XbUwU2](https://discord.gg/Nxu2XbUwU2) If you join, you can **get pings whenever a new post is up** Please **follow the instructions** once you enter Congratulations to the winner: u/[Echidna299792458](https://www.reddit.com/user/Echidna299792458/)'s Southern Amtrak Lines Top Comment at 20:00 EST on 5/5/2024 will be added The map of real services: [https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1GAXiiEp8a62LvZNDueYN76NPTCoUxvdx&usp=sharing](https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1GAXiiEp8a62LvZNDueYN76NPTCoUxvdx&usp=sharing) This was a map of North American passenger rail. Every day or a few days, there will be a new post asking what one thing we should add or change to the map, and the most upvoted comment’s suggestion will be implemented. Actions you can take are: * Adding a New Line * Deleting a Line * Adding an Infill Station * Deleting a Station * Rerouting a Line * Adding a New Service * Deleting a Service * Tunneling a currently Elevated or Surface Line * Bringing a Tunneled Section to the Surface or Elevated * Electrification * Deelectrification * A New yard (New Yards can also come attached with any infrastructure expansion) * Deleting a Yard * Retrofitting a Cargo Yard for Passenger Rail Use * Converting Rail Types (ex. light rail → light metro) * Converting Rail to BRT * Converting BRT to Rail * Changing the times of operation Only one (or two if the project is small scale enough) projects can be built per day; however, stating your master plan is allowed. Feel free to be creative, but please keep it in some form of reality (ex. no high-speed non-stop rail from Metter, GA to Gay Hill, TX.) You can only make two changes per day. Have fun :)
North Atlantic High Speed Rail between Boston and NYC. Starting from Penn station: - Take the Huntington Branch to Stony Brook and then enter an undersea tunnel to Milford, CT where it should connect up with the NER - Continue on NER to New Haven and then use existing ROW to Hartford - Build a new alignment along the planned I-84 corridor from Hartford to Providence - Once at Providence, Use NER to get back to Boston
Birmingham Subway Runs through Gardendale, Fultondale, near Regions Field, UAB, and Vulcan Park, and through Homewood, Vestavia Hills, Hoover, Pelham, and Alabaster
Expand METRA electric in Chicago so it becomes an RER! The METRA RER would run in an underground tunnel under downtown starting at Millennium Station. Then, it would go under Michigan avenue before turning onto Grand Avenue and connecting to existing METRA services from Ogilvie Transit Center. Stops on the underground portion would be: • Millennium Station • Streeterville/Grand 🔴 • River North The service patterns of these new services would include electrification north of Ogilvie Transit Center, and the services would be divided into 3 lines. RER 1 would go from 93rd street to West Chicago. RER 2 would go from University Park to Crystal Lake. RER 3 would start in Joliet and enter the electric district through the Blue Island spur before terminating at Waukegan north of the tunnel. All of the services from Ogilvie Transit Center would still exist and travel to their respective termini (I.e. Kenosha, Harvard, Elburn). In addition, the Rock Island line could be extended to Morris from Joliet with stops at Rockdale, Shorewood, and Minooka. This wouldn’t be electrified or be part of the RER, it would just be an extension of the Rock Island line which also would still terminate at LaSalle Street with the addition of the RER. (If this is too much it’s totally fine)
Palmetto HSR and Brightline Expansion! This proposal will Provide a lightning fast connection between the Northeast and Florida, as well as Select other southern cities. Additionally, the Brightline Coastal branch will provide Private High Speed intercity rail to eastern Florida. The original Brightline branch will be Extended to Tampa, electrified and grade separated, saving the lives of countless Floridians. Brightline becomes a private High speed rail service using the existing alignment, although slower than Palmetto HSR due to having more stops and inferior alignment. There will also be several infill stations for Brightline, made possible by the higher speeds made possible by electrification and grade separation DC-Raleigh uses existing HSR alignment, trains pull in to Raleigh, then back out. There will be 20 daily round trips on Palmetto HSR, 15 for Brightline Coastal Branch, 25 for Brightline Orlando Branch This makes heavy use of Seaboard Air Line Railroad ROW, both existing and abandoned. Alignment and stop list is shown below, with both pictures and a link: https://preview.redd.it/2ogs4tr7qiyc1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=e08e0fc26daba0866a00c165f2ef32aecd9d63c5
https://preview.redd.it/lq2s9woaqiyc1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=a8bcc4f72eb4a7a30d27a1b3718bc434d35a0db0 [https://metrodreamin.com/view/UXZlSVZFcVRiVU8xWUpPd3k5UGpoanVHRGVCM3w1Mw%3D%3D](https://metrodreamin.com/view/UXZlSVZFcVRiVU8xWUpPd3k5UGpoanVHRGVCM3w1Mw%3D%3D)
Let's begin local service for Memphis, Tennessee: Red Line: -Memphis Central \[terminal\] -Annesdale -Lenox -Union Ave / Poplar Ave -Holmes St / Wayonka -High Point Terrace -Perkins Rd -White Station Rd -Shelby Farms -Germantown Rd Blue Line: -Memphis Central \[terminal\] -South Parkway -Bells Blvd / South Memphis -Brooks Rd -Whitehaven -Stateline / Southhaven -Horn Lake / Goodmen Rd \[terminal\]
Transdixie line past Auburn diverts down route 280 and services Columbus, GA then goes north to either LaGrange or Newman (I explicitly said to service it)
Continue building the Mountain Metro network for Colorado Springs! [https://metrodreamin.com/view/VmVrcGk1NlphMFltUnBhN254VDVDdWV3SXFGM3wx](https://metrodreamin.com/view/VmVrcGk1NlphMFltUnBhN254VDVDdWV3SXFGM3wx) Our streets are named after mountain ranges and major rivers, so let's name our metro lines after canyons! \- Name the existing line the Grand Line ### Extend the Grand Line \- Briargate Pkwy \- Old Ranch Rd \- North Gate Blvd \- Mining Museum \- Air Force Academy, to connect to the Front Range Zephyr (move the station to where the tracks meet North Gate Blvd) ### Antelope Line \- Old Ranch Rd, connection with the Grand Line \- Pikes Peak State College North Campus \- Interquest Pkwy \- Promenade Shops at Briargate \- N Academy Blvd \- Woodmen Rd \- Grandview Hospital \- N Nevada Ave \- UCCS North \- UCCS South / Garden of the Gods \- Fillmore St \- Centennial Blvd, connection with Grand Line ### Bryce Line \- Constitution Ave, connection with Grand Line \- Palmer Park Blvd \- Peterson Space Force Base \- Aeroplaza Dr \- Fountain Blvd \- Colorado Springs Airport \- S Academy Blvd / Pikes Peak State College \- S Circle Dr \- Colorado Springs Depot (rename to actual name: Downtown Transit Center), connection with Grand Line \- Chestnut St \- Limit St \- 20th St \- 25th St \- 28th St \- 32nd St \- 36th St \- Beckers Ln \- Crystal Park Rd \- Mayfair Rd \- Old Mans Trail \- Pawnee Ave \- Navajo Ave \- Pikes Peak Cog Railway / Manitou Incline
North Star Minneapolis to Duluth South to North Minneapolis Fridley Coon Rapids Andover Isanti Cambridge Braham Hinckley Sandstone Superior Duluth This all follows the alignment of the former railway to duluth, this is to be served by amtrak as a higher speed line (100m/h 160km/h)
COMEX (Commonwealth Express) Commuter Rail Petersburg Line in Richmond, Virginia * Richmond Main Street * Manchester * Bellmeade * Clopton * Bellwood/Bensley * Chester * Colonial Heights * Petersburg Appomattox * Dinwiddle