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SATOMORROW MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHAT CAN WE DO? - RAIL Passenger Rail Texas Passenger Rail Studies and Projects Passenger rail in Texas is typically developed at the municipal level through local support. Dallas and Houston have both successfully implemented LRT (Light Rail) systems to serve their citizens. Development beyond the municipal level requires cooperation of the regions cities, counties, MPO’s and other stakeholders. The Lone Star Rail District is an example of this regional cooperation. At the state and regional level, several rail investigations are underway in Texas including the passenger rail corridors shown in Figure 16. These studies include federal, state, regional, and private funding sources. If supported and developed, these corridors will serve Texas and the adjacent states and international ports (Mexico, Gulf seaports). Figure 16: Texas Passenger Rail Studies 6-114 WHAT CAN WE DO? The Amtrak System Pemberton Squamish Whistler Nanaimo Vancouver North Cascades Victoria Bellingham Nat. Park Port Angeles Mount Vernon Omak Glacier Olympic Nat. Park Everett Nat. Park Kettle Sandpoint Seattle Falls Libby Olympia-Lacey West GlacierBrowningCut Bank Tacoma Ephrata Centralia Coeur d’Alene Shelby Astoria Leavenworth WhitefishEssex Mt. Rainier WenatcheeMoses Lake Plummer East Glacier Havre Nat. Park Park Kelso-Longview WASHINGTON Colfax Spokane Stanley Rugby Vancouver Bingen-White Salmon Potlatch Malta Pullman Devils Lake Voyageurs MAINE Wishram Moscow Glasgow Nat. Park Isle Royale Portland Pasco Minot Grand Forks Nat. Park Lewiston Wolf Point Williston Newport Salem Hood The Pendleton Theodore Roosevelt Bangor River Nat. Park (North Unit) MINNESOTA Dalles Grangeville Houghton Montréal Albany La Grande MONTANA NORTH DAKOTA Florence Acadia Theodore Roosevelt Detroit Lakes Duluth Sault Ste. Marie St. Albans Fargo Marquette Berlin Nat. Park Eugene-Springfield Redmond Nat. Park (South Unit) Bend Baker McCall Burlington-EssexLittleton Junction Coos Bay City St. Ignace Staples Hinckley Escanaba Plattsburgh Grants Crater Lake WISCONSIN Mackinaw City Portland Nat. Park Vale White River Junction Pass Burns Ontario Lake Placid Castleton Gold Chemult IDAHO Wittenberg Westport Concord Cave Junction White St. Cloud Rutland NEW HAMPSHIRE Hill City Traverse City Brookings OREGON Boise Yellowstone HudsonMenomonieChippewaAbbotsford Falls NEW YORK Nampa Nat. Park Shawano VERMONT Smith River Medford Green Bay MICHIGAN Schenectady Crescent City St. Paul- Toronto Klamath Falls SOUTH DAKOTA Minneapolis StanleyWausau Niagara Rochester Springfield Boston Redwood Grand Teton Eau Claire Falls Albany- Bay City Syracuse MASSACHUSETTS McKinleyville Nat. Park Nat. Park Wind Cave Fond Sheboygan Aldershot Rensselaer Twin Falls Nat. Park Red Wing Saginaw Port Providence Eureka du Lac Owosso Huron Hartford Dunsmuir Badlands Winona Grand Rapids Flint Buffalo Nat. Park Wisconsin Dells East RHODE ISLAND Redding Lassen Volcanic WYOMING Milwaukee Lansing Pontiac New Haven New London Nat. Park Madison Winnemucca Jamestown CONNECTICUT Kalamazoo Detroit Erie Elko Willits Chico Rockford Battle PENNSYLVANIA New York Ogden IOWA Creek Cleveland Reno Chicago NEW JERSEY Sparks Altoona Trenton Auburn NEBRASKA Mount Pleasant Davenport South Bend Toledo Cuyahoga Valley HarrisburgLancaster Salt Lake City Nat. Park Philadelphia Sacramento Hammond-Whiting Stateline Omaha Wilmington N.J. Transit NEVADA Provo CrestonOsceola Ottumwa Pittsburgh Oakland/Emeryville Rocky Mtn. Galesburg Baltimore Atlantic City South Lake Tahoe Nat. Park Lincoln INDIANA Martinez Burlington OHIO San Francisco Helper Granby Fort Morgan Holdrege Bloomington-Normal Cumberland Kent Island/Grasonville Stockton Glenwood Fraser/Winter Park McCook Fort Madison DELAWARE Caltrain Yosemite Nat. Park Great Basin Springs Indianapolis Washington, DC Modesto I Green III I Nat. Park UTAH Hastings La Plata Shenandoah San Jose I I WEST I Champaign- Ocean City I Mammoth River Denver VIRGINIA Nat. Park Salisbury Yosemite Vail Quincy Urbana Cincinnati MARYLAND Santa Cruz Merced Valley Lakes Frisco Kansas Charlottesville Arches Nat. Park Grand Springfield Mattoon Lorton (Auto Train® Terminal) Salinas Kings Canyon COLORADO City ILLINOIS Carmel-Monterey Nat. Park Junction Colorado Springs Clifton Capitol Reef Black Canyon Topeka Richmond Fresno Nat. Park Independence Forge of the Gunnison KANSAS St. Louis Williamsburg Hanford Death Valley Canyonlands Nat. Park Visalia Zion Nat. Park Pueblo Ashland Petersburg Newport News Sequoia Nat. Park St. George Nat. Bryce Canyon Lawrence Centralia Louisville Charleston Lynchburg Lamar VIRGINIA Virginia Beach Nat. Park Park Nat. Park Mesa Verde Garden City Hutchinson Lees Summit Sedalia Hermann Norfolk CALIFORNIA Nat. Park Great Sand Warrensburg Washington Carbondale San Luis Obispo Dunes La Junta Newton Jefferson City KENTUCKY Santa Las Vegas Grand Canyon Kirkwood Danville Bakersfield Nat. Park Nat. Park Dodge Discussions have explored the concept Guadalupe Maria Mammoth Cave City Greensboro Burlington Mojave Grand Canyon Trinidad MISSOURI Nat. Park Durham Rocky Mount Solvang Winston-Salem Raleigh Raton Wilson Barstow Poplar Bluff Fulton High Santa Barbara Laughlin Salisbury Cary Victorville Williams Junction Great Smoky Mtns. Kannapolis Point Selma Channel Islands Nat. Park Kingman Flagstaff Gallup Nat. Park Southern Pines Oxnard N.M. Railrunner Santa Fe Walnut Ridge TENNESSEE Gastonia San Bernardino Newbern-Dyersburg Hamlet Fayetteville of a High Speed Rail (HSR) passenger Los Angeles Winslow OKLAHOMA Spartanburg Needles Williams Las Vegas RiversidePalm Springs Lamy Greenville Charlotte NORTH CAROLINA Anaheim Sedona Petrified Forest Oklahoma City ARKANSAS Joshua Tree Camp Verde Nat. Park Clemson Dillon Nat. Park Albuquerque Norman Camden Hemet Florence Oceanside Indio ARIZONA Memphis Gainesville Toccoa Columbia Purcell Pauls Valley Little Rock San Diego Phoenix Kingstree NEW MEXICO Hot Springs Congaree network connecting San Antonio with Yuma Nat. Park Nat. Park Maricopa Ardmore Malvern MISSISSIPPI Anniston Atlanta Denmark SOUTH CAROLINA Arkadelphia Charleston Birmingham Gainesville Hope Greenwood Yemassee Tucson GEORGIA Lordsburg Texarkana Tuscaloosa Saguaro Deming Carlsbad Caverns Dallas Marshall Savannah the DFW Metroplex and Houston. Such Nat. Park Fort Worth Yazoo City Nat. Park ALABAMA Benson Shreveport Jesup El Paso Cleburne Jackson Meridian TEXAS Mineola Guadalupe Mts. Longview LOUISIANA Hazlehurst Nat. Park Nacogdoches Brookhaven Laurel Killeen McGregor Hattiesburg Atmore Chipley Jacksonville a network, if supported by regional Fort Hood McComb Crestview Madison Lake Mobile Suspend City Temple Slidell Service ed Amtrak® Train Routes Alpine Hammond Picayune Lake Pensacola Waldo PalatkaDeLand Charles Baton Rouge Other Rail Services Sanderson Austin Taylor Pascagoula Tallahassee Gainesville Daytona Beach Biloxi Ocala Thruway Connecting Services San Marcos Sanford (Auto Train® Terminal) Big Bend Houston Beaumont Lafayette New Gulfport agencies, can form the statewide Nat. Park Del Rio Wildwood Winter Park La Marque Orleans Bay St. Louis Walt Disney World® Depending on route, connecting services New Iberia Orlando may be provided by train, bus, van, San Antonio Schriever Dade City Galveston Lakeland Kissimmee taxi or ferry. Separate fares and reservations Tampa Winter Haven St. Petersburg-Clearwater may be required on other carriers. Okeechobee Bradenton Sebring infrastructure for safe, reliable mobility Sarasota West Palm Beach Due to space limitations, not all stops are shown. Port Charlotte Delray Beach Services are subject to change. FLORIDA Deerfield Beach Amtrak System Map Effective February 2011 Figure 17: Amtrak System Map Fort Myers Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Miami choices; driving economies, and Everglades Biscayne https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/631/638/SystemMapMar2015.pdfNat. Park Nat. Park Dry Tortugas sustained development. Nat. Park San Antonio sits at a crossroads of two Two Amtrak lines currently run through long distance passenger rail lines operated Amtrak Passenger Rail Service San Antonio. Both operate on existing by Amtrak (see Amtrak below) and a Amtrak operates a nationwide rail freight rail lines as long distance service freight crossroads connecting Mexico network, serving more than 500 (neither line provides local service). The with the United States by rail. Monterrey, destinations in 46 states, the District of Sunset Limited runs from New Orleans Mexico has been discussed as a future Columbia and three Canadian provinces to Los Angeles, and the Texas Eagle runs high speed rail (HSR) passenger terminal (see Figure 17). Service is provided on from Chicago to San Antonio. Both lines for travel into Texas (currently there more than 21,300 miles of routes. During arrive and depart at Sunset Station on the are many long haul buses from Mexico FY 2015 (October 2014 - September east side of downtown San Antonio. traveling to, and through, San Antonio). 2015), Amtrak recorded more than 30.8 The IH-10 East corridor from San Antonio million passengers, representing the to Houston is a likely candidate for HSR fifth straight year in which ridership has development and would likely connect exceeded 30 million. On an average day, with the planned Texas Central Railway more than 84,600 passengers ride more HSR between Houston and Dallas. than 300 Amtrak trains. 6-115 SATOMORROW MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN Proposed Lone Star Rail (LSTAR) The Sunset Limited currently has “Amtrak’s growth over the past ten Commuter Service westbound departures
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