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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


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Passenger Rail Panel Sean M. Craig, Assistant General Counsel

November 15, 2019

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Passenger trains operate on ~3,300 miles, or 16% of the CSX network

CSX Hosts: Trains per Day

  • Avg. Daily

Ridership Miles

  • n 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

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CSX is a tenant on:

− MBTA − Amtrak NEC/Hudson Line − Metro North − SEPTA − SunRail − Tri-Rail − METRA

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CSXT’s approach with Passenger Agencies

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 Help communities understand freight / passenger challenges  Actively manage agency relationships

Communication

 Build trust through shared safety culture  Prove we are their partner  Demonstrate shared commitment to improvements

Commitment

 Proactively provide information to passengers  Address passenger concerns upfront

Coordination

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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

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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
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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

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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