No. Since the context is Miami Tri-Rail, it is referring to the Miami Northeast Corridor Commuter Line. Amtrak is not involved in any way. Brightline and FECR and of course the Florida Dispatching Company are involved as provider of infrastructure and dispatching for Tr-Rail trains. Initial segment will be Miami Central to Aventura, later to be extended throughout Broward County.They're going to run Tri-Rail trains between Washington, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston? I know that some commuter operators would like to get rid of Amtrak operating their trains, but Amtrak getting rid of Amtrak is a little ridiculous.
That all depends on ridership of each leg south of Metrorail transfer. As well, It may require one more shuttle train sets to go to downtown Miami. How many cars on the shuttle trains if just one???
I think LIRR's adjustments in New York related to Grand Central Madison and the backlash to them showed that it's important to phase in these kinds of operating changes gradually and not force the riders on to a new operating model too quickly. While this is of course a very different situation it's still prudent to roll changes like this out in phases. Isn't the eventual goal that both will eventually see through service from Palm Beach county and the train schedule will be split between the two termini?
I would say the similarities between LIRR and Tri-Rail begin and end at the addition of 1 endpoint and a few miles of new track. Beyond that I don’t think it’s possible to compare the two systems or extensions. The last Tri-Rail ridership report that I can find is from May 2019 and the two busiest stations in Dade County are Metrorail Transfer and the Airport. They both had roughly the same number of passengers getting on daily but the Airport had ten thousand more people getting off. Maybe those are all people going to the airport or transferring to Metrobus. Or maybe those are people getting on Metrorail at the Airport for the relatively shorter ride Downtown. Coincidentally Hialeah Market has the lowest ridership of any station in the system.
I think that splitting the one-seat rides between the two makes sense (Tri-Rail probably also wants a sense of ridership between the two termini before committing). Also, if the time to the airport vs Miami Central is significantly different, it could do something to equipment needs or mess with the timetable.
OK... Get that the article says "ceremonial", but when do they intend to actually run service along BL's ROW? Currently they only operate between Metrorail Transfer and MiamiCentral. They aren't even offering thru service - just the two different trains. How hard would it be to make every other train from Magnolia Park serve downtown and the other half to the airport? Perhaps this is more efficient, but folks prefer one-seat rides.
It‘s not an extra $2.25 like Metrorail, a same platform connection without fare gates or stairs, and an express ride that doesn’t make a half dozen other stops where delays can accumulate. Both services block it out at 20 minutes on the schedule, but only one of them is putting in the effort to sync up with the inter-city Tri-Rail, which is significant going North.
IIRC, the EIS said half the train as in alternate trains go downtown eventually, Of course that could change. I guess one could get at least a feel how many take the Southbound transfer to Metro at Metro Transfer.
Commuters are creatures of habit and changing their commuting pattern can be problematic. The LIRR and their commuters recently experienced this. Changing a hundred year old commuting pattern is problematic but this isn’t that. Tri-Rail is only a little over 30 years old and the extension is a one stop affair that goes where most of their travelers are ultimately headed. I don’t think running through trains will alter the commuting patterns too much.
