neroden
Engineer
...according to a poster on railroad.net.
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1099&start=840#p1362880
twropr writes: "On Mon. Dec. 21, the WOLVERINES began using the new West Detroit Connector, some trains making the Detroit-Dearborn run in 17 min."
This is massively good news. This was ARRA funded IIRC, and took way too long to clear all the paperwork (a bit like the Texas Eagle on TRE situation).
The shortest previous schedule for Dearborn-Detroit in either direction was 23 minutes, but some trains were scheduled in as long as 29 minutes. Furthermore the new route has fewer conflicts with freight and so should have more reliable on time performance.
I'm just guessing, but I expect to see a serious schedule revision for the Wolverines soon, cutting 5 or 10 minutes out of the schedules.
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=1099&start=840#p1362880
twropr writes: "On Mon. Dec. 21, the WOLVERINES began using the new West Detroit Connector, some trains making the Detroit-Dearborn run in 17 min."
This is massively good news. This was ARRA funded IIRC, and took way too long to clear all the paperwork (a bit like the Texas Eagle on TRE situation).
The shortest previous schedule for Dearborn-Detroit in either direction was 23 minutes, but some trains were scheduled in as long as 29 minutes. Furthermore the new route has fewer conflicts with freight and so should have more reliable on time performance.
I'm just guessing, but I expect to see a serious schedule revision for the Wolverines soon, cutting 5 or 10 minutes out of the schedules.