You ever happen to read your state's rail plan? I thought Maryland's was interesting.
https://www.mdot.maryland.gov/OPCP/MD_State_Rail_Plan.pdfNEC:
>replace a 150 year-old tunnel with a new one featuring wider curves and more capacity >replace a bunch of 2-track bridges north of Baltimore with 4-track ones>fancy new Penn Station concourse>unfuck the signaling and stations between DC and Baltimore and maybe add a 4th track eventuallyMARC:
>fleet overhauls/replacements, misc. station improvements, TOD>Penn-Camden connector track in Baltimore just so they don't have to go all the way to DC to swap equipment between lines>run-through service up to Alexandria VA for more convenient transfers>extend the Penn line to connect to SEPTA in Newark DE>expand schedules on all routes including some express trainsNew routes maybe:
>some new availability on the rails in southern MD but the route is too stupid to be viable>vague "Western Maryland" MARC plans(Honestly thought this would just be extending to Cumberland but it actually just says "up to three potential routes". Where the hell else would it go? Hagerstown?)
>potential new service to the Atlantic coast via Delaware (>>1966207 oh hello, "Diamond State Line")Insane bullshit that won't happen:
>monorail from Shady Grove metro station to Fredrick>maglev between DC and BaltimoreLike half of the whole document is just studies and recommendations, but it's still good to know there are people in the DOT talking about this stuff.
