| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Crescent Corridor ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Crescent Corridor
The Crescent Corridor is a railroad corridor expansion program that will be operated by the Norfolk Southern Railway (NS). The line, proposed by NS in 2007, will run along Interstate 81. It will be a major intermodal corridor running between Louisiana and New Jersey.
The project spans 11 states from New Jersey to Louisiana. It is a private-public partnership between Norfolk Southern and the various state and federal governments.〔
==Project overview==
Norfolk Southern plans that the project will expand its entire network from the Northeast to the Southeast regions. It is expected that the majority of cargo along the corridor would be intermodal. Norfolk Southern projects〔Norfolk Southern Corporation. ("Rossville, Tennessee" ) web site. 2015-09-30.〕 the removal of 1.3 million long-haul trucks annually from interstate highways, thereby reducing traffic congestion and helping the environment.
The corridor is 1,400 miles (2,300 km) long and 28 new trains daily would be expected to go into service along with improvements to rail yards along the corridor. NS has proposed sharing the costs with federal and state agencies in a public-private partnership. The overall project cost estimate is $2.5 billion as of 2009.〔Norfolk Southern Corporation (2009). ("Norfolk Southern Selects Greencastle Site for New Franklin County Regional Intermodal Facility, Supporting Crescent Corridor Initiative." ) Press release. 2009-08-12.〕 NS plans to expand and upgrade existing rail lines along the corridor to accommodate fast freight trains and also purchase new locomotives and freight cars, and build new terminals.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Crescent Corridor」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|