PowerPoint Presentation NCDOT Rail Progam

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North Carolina Rail Division
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North Carolina Rail Division

• Under NC Department of Transportation
• Staff of about 50
• Mission toImprove expand passenger rail
  serviceImprove safety at crossingsProvide
  industrial accessImprove infrastructure Develop
  high-speed railPreserve corridors for future use

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NCDOT Rail Organization
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NCDOT - Rail DivisionStatutory Responsibilities

• Corridor Preservation
• Intercity Passenger Service
• Crossing Safety
• Safety Inspections
• Industrial Development
• Revitalization

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NCDOT- Rail Division Planning

• Short Long Range Planning for Passenger
  Services
• Environmental Compliance
• State Rail Plan
• Corridor Acquisition
• Southeast High Speed Rail Coalition
• VA/NC High Speed Rail Compact
• Rail Industrial Access Program

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NCDOT - Rail Division Engineering Safety

• Engineering
• Commuter, freight and intercity
• TIP project scoping
• Rail Industrial Access Program
• Safety
• FRA-certified safety inspections
• Commuter rail safety oversight
• Crossing Safety
• Sealed Corridor and Traffic Separation Studies
• Gates, lights and signal improvements
• Crossing Inventory
• Corridor Management

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North Carolina Rail Service
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Capital Yard Maintenance Facility
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Advertising Marketing

• Publications
• Special Events
• Magazines
• Newspapers
• TV
• Radio

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1-800 BY TRAIN Information Center

• Calls forwarded to Amtrak
• 25-30 information
• 35-40 reservations

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NCDOT Station Attendants
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www.bytrain.org
Train schedules Tourism information for each
destination Sample fares Station
directions Current promotions
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Investments in Infrastructure

• Develop Sealed Corridor Program
• Develop Private Crossing Safety
• Conduct Traffic Separation Studies
• Purchase North Carolina Railroad
• Renovate Historic Stations
• Develop New Multi-Modal Centers
• Improve track and signals

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Sealed Corridor Safety Improvements

• NCDOT NS partnership
• Treat 216 public crossings 47 private crossings
• Use existing technology
• FRA national model

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Traffic SeparationStudies

• Comprehensive evaluation
• Make recommendations
• Completed in 17 communities
• Underway in 14 more
• Closed 94 crossings

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Station Improvements

• Renovating historic stations
• Developing new multi-modal centers
• Building new stations

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Historic Station Renovations

• GreensboroOpened Transit Center 2003Opening
  Train Station 2005 32.6 million project
• HamletOpening 2004 9.7 million project
• High PointOpened 2003 6.8 million project

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New Station Construction

• CaryOpened 1996 829,000 project
• CharlotteOpening 2006Estimated 110-207 million
  project
• KannapolisOpening 20042.7 million project

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Track Signal Improvements

• Partnered with NS and NCRR
• Investing 45 million RGH GRO
• NCDOT- preliminary engineering design
• Norfolk Southern final design construction

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Track Signal Improvements

• Lengthen sidings
• Reconstruct interlocks
• Super-elevate tracks
• Straighten curves
• Double Track

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Track Signal Improvements

• Install Traffic Control Communications System
• Lengthen train detection circuits
• Revise train control signals
• Install bi-directional signals

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Raleigh-Charlotte Travel Time in Minutes
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Total State Investment inRail Infrastructure

• Sealed Corridor 10
• Private Crossing Safety Initiative 2
• Traffic Separation Studies 10.5
• North Carolina Railroad 71
• Station Renovation 68
• New Station Construction 33.5
• Track Signal Improvements 25
• Total Infrastructure Investment 220 million

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Rail Division State Federal Funding FY 03-04
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High Speed Rail Development

• Southeast corridor500 miles Washington
  Charlotte
• Modeled to generate revenuein excess of
  operating cost
• Record of Decision received
• Negotiating acquisition of CSX S-line
  Richmond-Raleigh
• Invested 5.4 million to date

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Business Political Support

• Gubernatorial support for 15 years
• Formed North Carolina-VirginiaHigh Speed Rail
  Compact
• Support from theSoutheastern Economic Alliance

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Business Leaders Advocate The Immediate
Investment In A 21st Century Transportation
Infrastructure
Our chambers include
Atlanta Birmingham Charlotte Chattanooga
Columbia Greensboro Greenville Hampton Roads
Macon Raleigh Richmond
Savannah Spartanburg Winston-Salem
High-speed passenger rail would efficiently link
business centers in order for the Southeast to
effectively compete in global economic markets
State co-chairs Georgia Milton Jones,
President of Bank of America MidSouth North
Carolina Jim Hunt, former Governor of North
Carolina Alabama Charles McCrary, President
CEO of Alabama Power Company South Carolina
Arnold Nemirow, Chief Executive Officer of
Bowater Inc. Tennessee Phil Sanford, Chief
Executive Officer of Krystal Inc. Virginia
C.T. Hill, President of SunTrust MidAtlantic
Southeastern Economic Alliance presentation to
Congressional leaders, February 2003
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Interim Report of the Governors Rail Passenger
Task Force, March 1989
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