Transcription of Connecticut State Rail Plan
1 2012 Connecticut State rail plan _____ THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY BLANK 2012 Connecticut State rail plan _____ State of Connecticut Department of Transportation 2012-2016 Connecticut State rail plan Prepared by: BUREAU OF PUBLIC TRANSPORATION, OFFICE OF rail Connecticut DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 50 UNION AVENUE, FOURTH FLOOR WEST NEW HAVEN, Connecticut 06519 2012 Connecticut State rail plan _____ TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES .. 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.
2 7 CHAPTER 1 State rail VISION, GOALS, AND OBJECTIVES .. 9 MISSION S TA TEME NT, VIS ION, AND VALUES ..9 GOALS AND OB JE CTIVES FOR rail SERV ICE IN Connecticut .. 10 CHAPTER 2 FEDERAL AND State MANDATES .. 13 FEDERA L LEGISLA TION AND PLA NNING REQUIREME NTS .. 14 STA TE LE GIS LA TION A ND PLANNING RE QUIREMENTS .. 15 CHAPTER 3 DESCRIPTION OF rail SYSTEM IN Connecticut .. 18 GENERA L OVE RVIEW OF THE RA IL SYS 18 HIS TORY OF CONNE CTICUT RA ILROA DS - S UMMA RY .. 20 CHAPTER 4 COMMUTER PASSENGER rail NETWORK.
3 23 INVE NTORY OF COM MUTE R RA IL NE TWORK .. 24 COMM UTE R RA IL SE RVICE OVERV 26 COMM UTE R RA IL FA CILITIES, SYS TEMS, AND EQUIPME NT .. 27 COMM UTE R RA IL ASSE T CONDITION AND NEE 38 STUDIES AND SERV ICE E XPA NSION P LANNING .. 46 INITIA TION OF SE RVICE AND NEW S TA TION PLANNING .. 50 CHAPTER 5 INTERCITY PASSENGER rail NETWORK .. 58 INTE RCITY PASSENGER RA IL SERV ICE OVERV IEW .. 58 INVE NTORY OF INTERCITY PASSENGE R RA IL NE TWORK .. 59 INTE RCITY PASSENGER RA IL FA CILITIES.
4 62 INTE RCITY PASSENGER RA IL ASSE T CONDITION AND NEE DS .. 62 NORTHEAS T CORRIDOR AND HIGH-SPEED rail AND PLA NNING .. 63 CHAPTER 6 FREIGHT rail 68 FREIGHT RA IL SE RVICE OVERV IEW AND FACILITIES .. 68 INVE NTORY OF FRE IGHT RA IL NE TWORK .. 75 FREIGHT RA IL ASSE T CONDITION AND NEE 82 FREIGHT RA IL OPERATORS CONCE 91 rail LINE ABA NDONME NTS AND REOPENINGS .. 94 REGIONAL CONNE CTIVITY A ND CORRIDOR PLA NNING .. 95 CHAPTER 7 - INTERMODAL rail CONNECTIONS AND FACILITIES.
5 98 MAJOR PASSENGE R RA IL INTERM ODA L CONNE CTIONS A ND FACILITIES .. 99 MAJOR FRE IGHT rail INTE RMODAL CONNE CTIONS AND FA CILITIES .. 103 CHAPTER 8 ECONOMIC IMPACT AND REVIEW OF DEMOGRAP HIC TRENDS AND PLA NNING DA TA .. 112 ECONOM IC IMPA CTS OF rail .. 119 MODELING CONNE CTICUT WITHOUT RA IL TRANSPORT .. 124 CHAPTER 9 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ..127 ENERGY USE .. 128 AIR QUA LITY .. 129 LAND USE AND COMM UNITY IMPA CTS .. 133 2012 Connecticut State rail plan _____ CHAPTER 10 - SAFETY AND SECURITY.
6 137 rail SAFE TY .. 137 SECURING THE rail SYSTEM .. 143 CHAPTER 11 LONG-RANGE SERVICE AND INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS ..150 INVES TME NT S TRA TEGIES .. 150 NEAR TE RM A CTIONS .. 153 CHAPTER 12 PUBLIC FUNDING FOR rail PROJECTS AND SERVICES ..156 CAPITA L PLANNING PROCESS .. 156 FEDERA L RA IL P ROGRAM FUNDING .. 157 STA TE rail PROGRA M FUNDING .. 158 FREIGHT CAP ITAL INVES TME NT P ROGRAM .. 167 CHAPTER 13 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF COMMUTER rail ..170 CHAPTER 14 plan OUTREACH AND DEVELOPMENT APPENDIX A - LONG-RANGE SERVICE AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM FUNDING APPENDIX B - LONG RANGE SERVICE AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM PROJECT APPENDIX C - LIST OF ACRONYMS.
7 256 2012 Connecticut State rail plan _____ LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Growth Management Principles in Conservation & Development Policies plan .. 16 Figure 2. Development Area Policies (In order of priority) .. 16 Figure 3. Conservation Area Policies (In order of priority) .. 16 Figure 4. Connecticut rail Ownership and Service Map .. 19 Figure 5. Passenger rail Services in the 23 Figure 6. Operating Statistics .. 27 Figure 7. New Haven Line - Main Line Parking Statistics .. 29 Figure 8.
8 New Haven Line - Branch Lines Parking Statistics .. 30 Figure 9. Shore Line East Parking Statistics .. 31 Figure 10. Connecticut Railroad Bridge Inventory .. 34 Figure 11. Connecticut -Owned rail Rolling Stock Unit Summary .. 35 Figure 12. M-8 rail Car Photograph .. 36 Figure 13. Bride Condition 44 Figure 14. Railroad Bridge Condition Rating by Location .. 44 Figure 15. Average Age of Connecticut -Owned rail Fleet in 2010 .. 45 Figure 16. NHHS Corridor Map .. 51 Figure 17. NHHS Map - Regional Connectivity.
9 54 Figure 18. Amtrak Ridership in Connecticut by Station .. 58 Figure 19. Amtrak Acela Service (photograph) .. 59 Figure 20. NEC Core Network and Feeder Lines .. 60 Figure 21. Amtrak Train Traversing the Connecticut River Bridge - Photograph .. 61 Figure 22. Designated High-Speed rail Corridors 64 Figure 23. Northern New England Corridor Map .. 65 Figure 24. Freight Railroad Rights of Way Miles in Connecticut .. 76 Figure 25. rail Line Mileages in Connecticut .. 80 Figure 26. Annual rail Freight Tonnage.
10 82 Figure 27. Railroad Freight Car Weight Limits and Goals .. 85 Figure 28. Freight Railroad Weight Limit Routes and Priority Segments for Upgrade Map .. 86 Figure 29. FRA Class of Track and Operating 88 Figure 30. rail Line Segments Not In Service .. 95 Figure 31. New Britain - Hartford Busway Route and Stops Map .. 101 Figure 32. New London Harbor Admiral Harold E. Shear State Pier Photograph .. 104 Figure 33. New Haven Harbor Port of New Haven Photograph .. 107 Figure 34. Port of Bridgeport Bridgeport Harbor Photograph.
