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I'm not sure you appreciate the scale of the works required to allow double stacks on European lines.

Probably because there's no point in wire that can clear double stacks when there isn't the structure clearance for double stacks...

This is discussed in the report...

The saga of Penn Station through-running continues... https://www.etany.org/modernizing-new-york-commuter-rail

Well, you do want to sound confident in your product. Something like British Rail's old "We're Getting There" slogan is perhaps going too far in the opposite direction.

In further news on the various proposals for a redesigned Penn Station, notorious crayonista Alon Levy (generally considered to be associated with RethinkNYC) has released a 3d model of their design for a Penn Station which demolishes Madison Square Garden and Two Penn Plaza in their entirety to...

What shareholders want is often not what the public wants.

The various companies involved with the Shinkansen (JNR was privatised in 1987) have sold Shinkansen-based systems to several other countries, including China, India, and Taiwan.

I believe the primary difference is that US crashworthiness place/placed much greater emphasis on buff strength, with much higher requirements in that area compared to Europe, where there is more of an emphasis on things like crumple zones.

Brightline has informed the state of Florida about its plans to relocate 66 workers from West Palm Beach to Orlando by October 4th, which is presumably good news for a start of service by that date...

From a European perspective, I'm surprised that all the plans seem to take it as given that the platforms will remain totally underground. Is there no way to squeeze a bit of natural light into them?

America already has double-stack freight trains running under wires in Philadelphia...

The British rail regulator has made it pretty clear that they are not going to approve new third rail electrification outside of cases like the Underground where the risk of public contact with third rail is pretty much nil.

The Baton Rouge service has been allocated an extra $20.5mil in state funding. https://www.nola.com/news/politics/legislature/state-gets-unexpected-20m-from-feds-will-use-it-for-rail/article_4d1bb7f2-3d1f-11ee-8ee8-8b9f5d2a44f8.html

They have daily service on most routes. What they really need is twice-daily service (and preferably more) on all routes, with the two trains being scheduled at least six hours apart. That would significantly open up options for connections and tourism as well as ensure that all stations have...

Er, did you miss the past two pages?

Probably because the litigants had the backup argument of the likelihood of Texas Central opening.

An interesting turn: https://media.amtrak.com/2023/08/texas-central-and-amtrak-seek-to-explore-high-speed-rail-service-opportunities-between-dallas-and-houston/

I've heard this conspiracy theory about the true motives of RethinkNYC plenty of times but never seen any evidence for it.

Andy Byford recently made some comments on Penn Station. They've already attracted a lot of attention.