PACIFIC NORTHWEST RAIL CORRIDOR: REVISED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR THE INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL PLAN FOR WASHINGTON STATE 1998-2018

Washington State is incrementally upgrading its Amtrak passenger rail system along the Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor (PNWRC) in western Washington. The ultimate goal is to provide faster, more frequent, and more reliable passenger rail service. This report examines the incremental approach WSDOT is using to implement higher speed service. The basic purposes of this program include: Provision of a viable, cost effective travel mode for intercity travel; response to the direction given in Revised Code of Washington to develop high quality rail passenger service through the incremental upgrading of the existing service; increase of safety throughout the corridor; and, improvement of passenger, freight and port operations throughout the corridor by providing for more efficient, predictable, reliable, and cost effective movement of people and goods.

• Record URL:
  • https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/5000/5600/5670/pacnwrail_rev_sum.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared with The Resource Group
• Corporate Authors:

  HDR Engineering, Incorporated

  3 Gateway Center
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15222-1074

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Public Transportation and Planning Division
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504
• Publication Date: 1998-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 13 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Freight and passenger services; High speed rail; Improvements; Infrastructure; Level of service; Passenger transportation; Rail transit; Safety
• Identifier Terms: Amtrak
• Geographic Terms: Pacific Northwest; Pacific States; Washington (State)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00763445
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 19 1999 12:00AM