NORTHEAST CORRIDOR RAIL STATIONS. TASK 13. PROTOTYPE BELTWAY STATION DEVELOPMENT. NORTHEAST CORRIDOR HIGH SPEED RAIL PASSENGER SERVICE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM

The Northeast Corridor Project within the Federal Railroad Administration of the Department of Transportation had its foremost objective the development planning, physical design and subsequent implementation of high speed intercity rail passenger service between Washington D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts. This would include the renovation, expansion or new construction of 15 stations along the Northeast Corridor. This project was defined to develop planning and design requirements and prepare alternative designs for a prototype beltway (low activtiy level) intercity rail passenger station, select optimized design and develop a site-specific station work package.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cambridge Seven Associates, Incorporated

  1000 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02118

  Federal Railroad Administration

  Northeast Corridor Project Office, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1976-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 185 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Design; High speed rail; Management; Metropolitan areas; Modular structures; Passenger service; Passenger terminals; Passenger transportation; Planning; Railroad stations; Rapid transit; Rehabilitation; Structural design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria; Renovation
• Geographic Terms: Maryland; Massachusetts; Northeast Corridor; Northeastern United States; Virginia; Washington (District of Columbia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Intercity passenger services; Management planning; Passenger station design; Platforms; Rapid transit railways; Renovating
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Design; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00136994
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., FRA/ONECD-76/13
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FR-40029
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 11 1976 12:00AM