The Northeast Corridor (where the Acela runs) is owned by Amtrak and is not shared with freight. It’s the track curves that are the problem. This is some of the oldest right of way in the US.
For anyone who doesn’t know, freight trains make a lot more money and will illegally take the right of way over passenger trains and just pay the fines. This happened to me on my first and last train ride in the last decade. Waited over an hour on the tracks as the angry conductor explained the situation.
As long as they’re running on the same tracks as freight, that’s always going to be the case.
The Northeast Corridor (where the Acela runs) is owned by Amtrak and is not shared with freight. It’s the track curves that are the problem. This is some of the oldest right of way in the US.
For anyone who doesn’t know, freight trains make a lot more money and will illegally take the right of way over passenger trains and just pay the fines. This happened to me on my first and last train ride in the last decade. Waited over an hour on the tracks as the angry conductor explained the situation.
This is why America will never compete with places like japan or China because they build dedicated rail for their transport networks.
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