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Subject: WSDOT Rail Monthly Highlights
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:06:16 -0500
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WSDOT Rail Monthly Highlights 
View the Rail Monthly Highlights online at www.wsdot.wa.gov/Rail
In This Issue
In March 2013, Amtrak Cascades trains had an average on-time performance of 75 percent, based on preliminary data provided by Amtrak. Causes of delays included freight train interference and slower train speeds through areas undergoing track maintenance.
Amtrak Cascades notifies customers of schedule adjustments for rail construction
Some adjustments to Amtrak Cascades schedules are in place to make room on the rails for construction work between Nisqually and Vancouver, Wash. The work is part of WSDOT's $92 million federally funded track replacement and upgrade work. The schedule adjustment began March 17 and will likely remain in effect until the end of summer. WSDOT worked with Amtrak to issue schedule change notices to passengers, plus posted the information and updated schedules on Amtrak.com and AmtrakCascades.com. A few trains will depart five to 10 minutes earlier than the original schedule and a number of trains will arrive 10 to 30 minutes later. Amtrak has also updated its train reservation system so customers will be fully informed when purchasing tickets.
WSDOT Rail Division partners with WSDOT Public Transportation in Seattle for morning train inspections
WSDOT Rail is working with its partners at WSDOT's Seattle Public Transportation Division to conduct interior and exterior cleaning inspections of Amtrak Cascades trains at Seattle's King Street Station. WSDOT Public Transportation has an office near King Street Station, and one staff member per weekday will perform the work. This intra-department effort is intended to ensure WSDOT's service delivery partners Amtrak and Talgo are cleaning the trains in a manner that meets state of Washington and customer expectations before the morning trains depart for Portland and Vancouver, B.C. The pilot program will run from April 1 to June 30, and data gathered by the inspection team will be shared with Amtrak and Talgo and used to enforce contractual cleaning requirements.
Amtrak Cascades train speeds through the route near Steilacoom
Rail Division conducts mini-workshop on the State Rail Plan development with Benton Franklin council of Governments in Kennewick
WSDOT's Rail and Freight Systems divisions teamed up in late March to host a stakeholder briefing and mini-workshop for the Benton-Franklin Council of Governments in Kennewick. WSDOT region planning staff, rail and freight staff, and BFCOG staff presented information, answered questions and facilitated break-out groups for 36 interested participants. During the workshop, participants reviewed previously identified needs and provided feedback contributing to the further development of the State Rail Plan. All participants who attended the mini-workshop were interested in freight rail.
Participants share input at the stakeholder workshop in Kennewick
State-funded rail loan project nearing completion at the Port of Longview
Work is nearly complete at the Port of Longview on a second loop track capable of accommodating 110-car unit trains from the BNSF Railway Co. and Union Pacific Railroad mainlines into and out of the port. Crews are waiting for favorable weather to excavate an area of asphalt to place rails, ties and ballast. Funding for the project was made possible by an $875,000 loan from the state-funded Freight Rail Investment Bank. Construction on the 2,700-foot section of new track will be complete by early summer 2013.
New track area in the foreground at Port of Longview (picture looking east)
Customer Compliment
Jane G. rode an Amtrak Cascades train between Seattle and Bellingham and sent a heartfelt customer compliment commending the quick response and assistance from the crew when her husband experienced a medical emergency. Jane was grateful for the crew's swift response in getting her husband immediate medical attention on the train and making it possible for Jane to transport her husband to see his own doctor.
Subject: WSDOT Rail Monthly Highlights
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:06:16 -0500
To: guyperea@live.com
From: wsdot@service.govdelivery.com
View the Rail Monthly Highlights online at www.wsdot.wa.gov/Rail
In This Issue
- Amtrak Cascades on-time performance was 75 percent in March
- Amtrak Cascades notifies customers of schedule adjustments for rail construction
- WSDOT Rail Division partners with WSDOT Public Transportation in Seattle for morning train inspections
- Benton-Franklin Council of Governments invites Rail Division to hold mini-workshop on the State Rail Plan development in Kennewick
- State-funded rail loan project nearing completion at the Port of Longview
In March 2013, Amtrak Cascades trains had an average on-time performance of 75 percent, based on preliminary data provided by Amtrak. Causes of delays included freight train interference and slower train speeds through areas undergoing track maintenance.
Amtrak Cascades notifies customers of schedule adjustments for rail construction
Some adjustments to Amtrak Cascades schedules are in place to make room on the rails for construction work between Nisqually and Vancouver, Wash. The work is part of WSDOT's $92 million federally funded track replacement and upgrade work. The schedule adjustment began March 17 and will likely remain in effect until the end of summer. WSDOT worked with Amtrak to issue schedule change notices to passengers, plus posted the information and updated schedules on Amtrak.com and AmtrakCascades.com. A few trains will depart five to 10 minutes earlier than the original schedule and a number of trains will arrive 10 to 30 minutes later. Amtrak has also updated its train reservation system so customers will be fully informed when purchasing tickets.
WSDOT Rail Division partners with WSDOT Public Transportation in Seattle for morning train inspections
WSDOT Rail is working with its partners at WSDOT's Seattle Public Transportation Division to conduct interior and exterior cleaning inspections of Amtrak Cascades trains at Seattle's King Street Station. WSDOT Public Transportation has an office near King Street Station, and one staff member per weekday will perform the work. This intra-department effort is intended to ensure WSDOT's service delivery partners Amtrak and Talgo are cleaning the trains in a manner that meets state of Washington and customer expectations before the morning trains depart for Portland and Vancouver, B.C. The pilot program will run from April 1 to June 30, and data gathered by the inspection team will be shared with Amtrak and Talgo and used to enforce contractual cleaning requirements.
Amtrak Cascades train speeds through the route near Steilacoom
Rail Division conducts mini-workshop on the State Rail Plan development with Benton Franklin council of Governments in Kennewick
WSDOT's Rail and Freight Systems divisions teamed up in late March to host a stakeholder briefing and mini-workshop for the Benton-Franklin Council of Governments in Kennewick. WSDOT region planning staff, rail and freight staff, and BFCOG staff presented information, answered questions and facilitated break-out groups for 36 interested participants. During the workshop, participants reviewed previously identified needs and provided feedback contributing to the further development of the State Rail Plan. All participants who attended the mini-workshop were interested in freight rail.
Participants share input at the stakeholder workshop in Kennewick
State-funded rail loan project nearing completion at the Port of Longview
Work is nearly complete at the Port of Longview on a second loop track capable of accommodating 110-car unit trains from the BNSF Railway Co. and Union Pacific Railroad mainlines into and out of the port. Crews are waiting for favorable weather to excavate an area of asphalt to place rails, ties and ballast. Funding for the project was made possible by an $875,000 loan from the state-funded Freight Rail Investment Bank. Construction on the 2,700-foot section of new track will be complete by early summer 2013.
New track area in the foreground at Port of Longview (picture looking east)
Customer Compliment
Jane G. rode an Amtrak Cascades train between Seattle and Bellingham and sent a heartfelt customer compliment commending the quick response and assistance from the crew when her husband experienced a medical emergency. Jane was grateful for the crew's swift response in getting her husband immediate medical attention on the train and making it possible for Jane to transport her husband to see his own doctor.
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