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Not really that I'm aware of, and that doesn't just go for Amtrak but also for road traffic to have a reasonable detour. The only way I can think of to logically detour is by ferry service or air service!Was trying to throw a bit of levity in there. I was thinking a while back that there should be an alternate rail route (non-freight obviously) to Boston in particular in the even of a hurricane or natural disaster in CT or NYC such as a storm surge or tunnel/bridge failure. Obviously everything went to New York back in the day and the Hudson Valley and environs are difficult to build rail in, but is there an alternate route, at least a potential one, should there be a long, I'll say shutdown, in the New York area?The Hoboken route proposals probably were a joke. That was too goofy. Harrisburg to Suburban station was almost as goofy.And here I was thinking this was going to be about an alternate routing inland to add robustness to the NEC in the event of, god forbid, such events are massive blackouts or storm surges somewhere along the route.