NEW YORK SHORT LINE PASSENGER RAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY. PHASE 5. ANALYSIS OF SITE REQUIREMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD SUBWAY TERMINAL

Today, the New York Short Line is one of ConRail's two main access routes to the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area from the south, and the other via trackage rights over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Line. The Short Line is presently carrying 8.6 million gross tons annually with an average of 3.68 through trains per day. On the lower segment of the line south of Cheltenham Junction, the line is also used by SEPTA for commuter service. Although the entire line is owned by ConRail, all train movements on the line are controlled by SEPTA dispatchers at Wayne Junction. SEPTA plans to increase commuter rail service on the lower segment of the line. The objectives of this study are: to assess the impact passenger rail service would have on an existing ConRail freight line in Northeast Philadelphia; to explore solutions for reducing or eliminating such impacts; and to discuss the feasibility and magnitude of costs of these solutions: This report analyzes terminal and land area requirements for a potential Broad Street subway extension along the Roosevelt Boulevard median area. Subway terminal plan includes station, maintenance and storage facilities for the future extension of either the Broad Street subway or the Market-Frankford Line, northeast along Roosevelt Boulevard. This analysis is intended to provide the Philadelphia Planning Commission sufficient information to retain, if desired, a particular site for a future Roosevelt Boulevard subway terminal.

• Corporate Authors:

  Booz-Allen and Hamilton, Incorporated

  400 Market Street
  Bethesda, MD  United States  20814

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1985-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Freight trains; Intermodal terminals; Joint use; Line extensions (Rail transit); Rail transit stations; Railroad commuter service; Rapid transit; Subways
• Identifier Terms: Conrail; Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority; Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Old TRIS Terms: Joint facilities; Subway construction; Umta section 9
• Subject Areas: Construction; Freight Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00452513
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-IT-09-0093-85-2
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 31 1987 12:00AM