Passenger Rail Panel Sean M. Craig, Assistant General Counsel - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Passenger Rail Panel Sean M. Craig, Assistant General Counsel November 15, 2019 1

Passenger trains operate on ~3,300 miles, or 16% of the CSX network CSX Trains Avg. Daily Miles Hosts: per Day Ridership on CSX Amtrak 40 10,000 3,226 MARC 40* 12,500 116 VRE 32 19,500 59 Total 112 ~42,000 *Does not include Friday Brunswick extra CSX is a tenant on: − MBTA − Amtrak NEC/Hudson Line − Metro North − SEPTA − SunRail − Tri-Rail − METRA 2

CSXT’s approach with Passenger Agencies  Build trust through shared safety culture  Prove we are their partner Commitment  Demonstrate shared commitment to improvements  Help communities understand freight / passenger challenges Communication  Actively manage agency relationships  Proactively provide information to passengers Coordination  Address passenger concerns upfront 3

CSX requires new passenger operations to pass the following four tests:  SAFETY – Safety cannot be compromised  CAPACITY – Capacity must ensure safe and reliable operations and ensure access and room for current and future freight customers  COMPENSATION – Compensation must offset all expenses of the additional passenger service  LIABILITY – Indemnified against any new liability that, but for the new passenger service, would not exist 4

Modeling is needed to analyze operations and to facilitate the development of sound investment plans on a dynamic network The modeling process attempts to …  Measure impact of modifications to physical plant  Minimize capital expenditures  Avoid design mistakes  Plan investment timing (prioritize)  Develop long range facility plans  Plan for future traffic schedules and volume  Identify and test solutions to improve rail flow and reduce delay  Utilize model results to analyze schedules 5

To insure safe operations, passenger trains operating above 90 MPH must do so on dedicated tracks separated from freight.  Sealed from highways and pedestrians – HSR requires grade separations  Dispatched and maintained by the passenger entity – CSX core business is moving high tonnage trains at conventional speeds  If the right-of-way is shared, the freight operator must be able to access both its present and future customers to meet its common carrier obligation. – Freight carriers must not be isolated on one side of the right-of-way 6

Passenger Projects that diminish existing and future freight capacity are inconsistent with the true objectives of planners.  A cost-effective, reliable freight rail system is vital to state economies  Absent additional capacity, new passenger trains diminish freight capacity: – More trucks on the highway – Congestion on vehicular arteries increases – Pollution increases  Passenger agencies that consume the existing, “cheap” capacity for passenger trains must: – Replace the capacity consumed, previously available for future freight demands – Add capacity required to maintain fluidity as the freight volume returns • Passenger operations must be transparent to freight operations • Detailed modeling required 7