The enabling legislation of 1976 for improvement of service in the Northeast corridor (NEC) requires a schedule of 2 h 40 min between Washington and New York City by 1981 and 3 h 40 min between NYC and Boston, when the electrification is completed. Various options of the NEC operation that may satisfy the legislation were investigated, particularly in terms of travel time and energy consumption. NEC operations were compared with overseas systems and practices. The emerging new technology of AC traction was also evaluated.


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    Title :

    Traction studies of northeast corridor rail passenger service: Executive summary


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    Publication date :

    1980-03-15


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English