Passenger Train Journal Second Quarter 2024

Special Feature:

Journal Spotlight

• FRA identifies 15 preferred long-distance routes.
• Mexico continues passenger train expansion.

Features:

• 60 years of Shinkansen • by Kevin J. Holland — In the world of high speed rail, Japan is where it all began.
• Metroliner • by Bill Anderson — The train that did it.
• The American High-Speed landscape in 2024 • by Kevin McKinney & Kent Patterson— A survey of current projects and proposals.
• Taking a Knife to a Gunfight • by Brooks A. Bentz — The myth and reality of passenger train economics.
• Tren Maya in Person • by Ted Rafuse — A first-hand look at Mexico's new passenger service.
• Trip Report: VIA's Venture Fleet • by Ira Silverman — Sampling VIA's new Corridor trains.

Departments:

• On the Point
• The Journal
• North American Intercity — Restoring the all-weather mode?
• Window on the World — Switzerland's alternative routes.
• Rail Users Network — Will Midwest-Florida rail service return?
• Capitol Unlimited — Smart thinking about High-Speed rail. 
• Transport Action Canada — High Frequency Rail: faster, but when?
• Rush Hour
• Mail, Express and L.C.L.