After a freight train derailment July 6 destroyed a bridge over the Big Blue River in Morristown, Indiana about 20 miles southeast of Indianapolis, through passenger rail service has been severed on Amtrak's Cardinal route (with three-day-per-week trains in each direction between Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Charleston, Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York City and 25 other station stops enroute; see:http://tinyurl.com/3fuwlby).
For the foreseeable future, Amtrak will be providing alternate bus transportation between CINCINNATI and INDIANAPOLIS/CHICAGO through at least early next week (except to/from Connersville, IN) and daily train service between CHI and IND for the duration. All Aboard Ohio hopes to learn know more from Amtrak and CSX early next week about when through Amtrak service can be restored to this route. Amtrak carries about 140,000 riders per year on this route, over which Amtrak has proposed to expand service to daily possibly by the end of 2011. Amtrak projects the daily service will cause the Cardinal's annual ridership to increase by 96 percent and reduce operating subsidies per passenger-mile by 31 percent (see: http://tinyurl.com/6hg5d9f).
Freight train derailment disrupting Amtrak service
Thursday, July 07, 2011
July 7, 2011 (MORRISTOWN, Ind.) (WLS) -- Amtrak service between New York and Chicago was disrupted Thursday after a freight train derailment in Indiana.
Amtrak says the derailment near Indianapolis affected the Cardinal line, which normally travels from Cincinnati to Indianapolis, then Chicago.
Due to the derailment, Amtrak passengers were told to get off the train in Cincinnati and take buses either directly to Chicago or to Indianapolis to catch another train.
READ MORE AT:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8236677
For the foreseeable future, Amtrak will be providing alternate bus transportation between CINCINNATI and INDIANAPOLIS/CHICAGO through at least early next week (except to/from Connersville, IN) and daily train service between CHI and IND for the duration. All Aboard Ohio hopes to learn know more from Amtrak and CSX early next week about when through Amtrak service can be restored to this route. Amtrak carries about 140,000 riders per year on this route, over which Amtrak has proposed to expand service to daily possibly by the end of 2011. Amtrak projects the daily service will cause the Cardinal's annual ridership to increase by 96 percent and reduce operating subsidies per passenger-mile by 31 percent (see: http://tinyurl.com/6hg5d9f).
Freight train derailment disrupting Amtrak service
Thursday, July 07, 2011
July 7, 2011 (MORRISTOWN, Ind.) (WLS) -- Amtrak service between New York and Chicago was disrupted Thursday after a freight train derailment in Indiana.
Amtrak says the derailment near Indianapolis affected the Cardinal line, which normally travels from Cincinnati to Indianapolis, then Chicago.
Due to the derailment, Amtrak passengers were told to get off the train in Cincinnati and take buses either directly to Chicago or to Indianapolis to catch another train.
READ MORE AT:
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8236677
Ken Prendergast
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
Executive Director
All Aboard Ohio
12029 Clifton Blvd., Suite 505
Cleveland, OH 44107
(216) 288-4883
kenprendergast@allaboardohio.org
www.allaboardohio.org
