Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

[deleted] t1_j7m7jtv wrote

Reply to comment by vortical42 in Why does Amtrack service not extend to State College? by vortical42

We need a stop in york county too

3

1989throwa t1_j7nsuiu wrote

Ideally we would have passenger rail to all major population centers, and it just takes a deliberate choice.

PA has roughly the same population density as Portugal which has 3622 km of rail while PA has 9516km of rail (NOT including SEPTA or PAAC commuter rail systems). This is over 2.5 times more rail.

PA has 13 million residents (or so) which places us between the Netherlands and Belgium which, combined, have less rail than PA.

PA and the nation of England are practically the same size in area, and England had 11,672 km in 2020. England has some of the most heavily used rail system in the world, and they only have a bit over 2000 more km of rail line than we do.

The reason we do not have enough passenger rail in PA is by design and it was a choice. We could have a decent passenger rail system

We could have a line from Harrisburg to York to Hanover to Gettysburg. Or from York to Baltimore.

5

[deleted] t1_j7nuvtj wrote

I imagine a line from north to south. State college, harrisburg, york, and it goes into maryland to baltimore.

2