Hudson Line Railroad Corridor Transportation Plan (2005)
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National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Canadian Pacific Railway CSX Transportation MTA Metro-North Railroad New York State Department of Transportation Hudson Line Railroad Corridor Transportation Plan Final Report (Document No. M40801-11/9518/STU-137) November 2005 Prepared by: In association with: ZETA-TECH Associates, Inc. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TABLE OF CONTENTS Page i TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................1 2. EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE HUDSON LINE SCENARIOS ...................2 2.1. Development and Calibration of the Simulation Model (2002 Baseline)......... 2 2.1.1. 2002 Baseline Inputs ....................................................................................................... 2 2.1.2. 2002 Baseline Simulation Results ................................................................................. 6 2.2. Future Year (2022) Baseline ........................................................................................ 7 2.2.1. 2022 Baseline Inputs ....................................................................................................... 7 2.2.2. 2022 Baseline Simulation Results ................................................................................. 8 2.3. Future Year (2022) Alternatives................................................................................10 2.3.1. 2022 Scenario 1 Inputs..................................................................................................10 2.3.2. 2022 Scenario 2 Inputs..................................................................................................11 2.3.3. 2022 Scenario 3 Inputs..................................................................................................11 2.3.4. 2022 Scenario 1 Simulation Results ...........................................................................12 2.3.5. 2022 Scenario 2 Simulation Results ...........................................................................14 2.3.6. 2022 Scenario 3 Simulation Results ...........................................................................15 3. HUDSON LINE RAILROAD CORRIDOR TRANSPORTATION PLAN .......... 16 3.1. Proposed Capital Improvements .............................................................................16 3.2. Benefits...........................................................................................................................24 3.2.1. On-Time Performance...................................................................................................24 3.2.2. Train-Minutes of Delay..................................................................................................25 3.3. Capital Cost Estimates ...............................................................................................27 3.4. Environmental Considerations .................................................................................27 3.5. Potential Phasing of Proposed Projects................................................................28 3.6. Next Steps ......................................................................................................................28 4. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FACT SHEETS ................................ 29 Improvement 1: Double Track Amtrak Connection at Spuyten Duyvil............................29 Improvement 2: Tarrytown Pocket Track and New CP 24................................................32 Improvement 7: Triple Track from CP 53 to CP 63............................................................34 Improvement 10: Triple Track CP 72 to CP 75.....................................................................37 Improvement 5: New Metro-North Poughkeepsie Yard.....................................................40 Improvement 11: New High Capacity Signal System ..........................................................43 Improvement 12: New Control Point 82 – Vicinity Hyde Park ............................................45 Improvement 13: New Control Point 99 – Near Tivoli..........................................................47 Improvement 14: Hudson Station Revised Configuration...................................................49 Improvement 15: Stuyvesant Third Track and Interlocking Improvements......................52 Improvement 16: New Control Point 136 – Albany-Rensselaer.........................................55 Improvement 19: Albany-Rensselaer Station: Fourth Platform and Track.......................57 Improvement 20: Albany-Rensselaer Station: Platform Extensions ..................................59 Improvement 21: Albany-Rensselaer Station: Expanded Yard Capacity.........................60 Improvement 22: Albany-Rensselaer Station: Interlocking of Wye ...................................62 Improvement 23: Albany-Rensselaer Station: Interlocking of Freight Bypass.................64 Hudson Line Railroad Corridor Transportation Plan Final Report November 2005 SYSTRA Engineering, Inc. INTRODUCTION Page 1 1. INTRODUCTION The Hudson Line Railroad Corridor extends from CP Empire (Amtrak Empire Connection) and Mott Haven (CP 5) in New York City northward to CP 160 in Schenectady, NY. MTA Metro-North Railroad (MNR), National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), CSX Transportation (CSX), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), and the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) are the users, owners, operators, and/or interested parties (“Joint Users”) of the Hudson Line. The Joint Users performed a comprehensive study of the train operations and infrastructure needs for the Hudson Line Railroad Corridor twenty years in the future, based on the following general goals: · Capacity improvement, · Increased flexibilit y to ensure reliability of all train operations, · Increased train speed, · System cost-effectiveness improvement, and · Enhanced safety. Specific service goals vary by railroad. For example, Amtrak and NYSDOT jointly developed 2022 service goals to increase the number of weekday trains (from 26 to 50), provide hourly service for most of the day, and reduce local and express service run times. Anticipating that peak ridership will grow by approximately 50 percent over the next twenty years, Metro-North’s future year service plan increases the number of trains by 17 percent, to 201 revenue and non-revenue trains operating in a 24- hour period. The freight railroads seek continued viability and market growth, which requires new train slots and/or greater adherence to existing slots. The study produced this Railroad Corridor Transportation Plan. Section 2 describes the process used to establish a future year (2022) baseline operating plan and network, establish alternative future configurations and test them using simulation tools, and select a preferred scenario of improvements to infrastructure and operations that jointly benefit the five railroad users of the Hudson Line Railroad Corridor. Section 3 describes the preferred scenario and associated benefits, costs, and environmental considerations. Section 4 contains fact sheets for each individual improvement. Hudson Line Railroad Corridor Transportation Plan Final Report November 2005 SYSTRA Engineering, Inc. EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE HUDSON LINE SCENARIOS Page 2 2. EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE HUDSON LINE SCENARIOS The purpose of the Hudson Line Railroad Corridor Transportation Plan is to develop an implementation plan for improvements to infrastructure and operations that jointly benefit the five railroad users of the Corridor. The RAILSIM® Simulation Software Suite, validated by CANAC using RAILS2000 simulation software, was used first to analyze current year (2002) capabilities and constraints of the study territory as they apply to each and every type of train operation: commuter trains, intercity passenger trains, through freight trains, and local freight trains. The simulation model captured the functional elements of the study territory trackage, signals (both wayside and cab), interlockings, stations, rolling stock, operating plans, and dispatching strategies. Then, the simulation tools were used to test alternative future configurations. The following major elements of the study are summarized in Sections 2.1 through 2.3. · Develop and calibrate the 2002 baseline simulation model by coding the existing network and operating plans; · Establish the future year (2022) baseline network and operating plans, run the simulation, and identify future performance for a “No Build” scenario. The baseline simulations served as the benchmark against which the improvements are measured; · Establish and test future year (2022) alternatives. 2.1. Development and Calibration of the Simulation Model (2002 Baseline) 2.1.1. 2002 Baseline Inputs The actual physical configuration of the corridor, described below, was replicated in RAILSIM®. The Study Corridor extends from CP Empire and Mott Haven (CP 5) northward to CP 160 in Schenectady, NY. The study corridor is the area in which potential physical improvements were examined. However, trains operating on the south end of the corridor were simulated from Penn Station New York, Grand Central Terminal, and Oak Point Yard to more accurately capture existing conditions. The model assumed infinite capacity at Oak Point and Harlem River Yards, although these yards currently lack capacity to handle increased loads. At the north end, trains moving along the Chicago and Boston Lines were simulated, to the extent that they would have an effect on