Diamond State Line

Diamond State Line
Wilmington, Delaware's train station on the Northeast Corridor.
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
StatusProposed
LocaleDelmarva Peninsula
Current operatorAmtrak
Websitedartfirststate.com
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
Legend
Northeast Corridor
to Philadelphia
 Wilmington Amtrak
Newark Amtrak
Northeast Corridor
to Washington
Norfolk Southern Railway
to Wilmington
 Middletown
Dover
Harrington
Corridor Scenario 2
Corridor Scenario 2
Milford
Georgetown
Delaware
Maryland
 Berlin
Maryland & Delaware Railroad
Corridor Scenario 1
Corridor Scenario 1
Seaford
Delaware
Maryland
 Salisbury
Delmarva Central Railroad
Source[1]
This diagram:

The Diamond State Line is a proposed Amtrak passenger rail service in the U.S. state of Delaware and the greater Delmarva Peninsula.

Background

The proposal was considered by the Federal Railroad Administration as a part of the Corridor Identification and Development Program, which is a thorough planning and development program for creating new and upgrading existing inter-city passenger rail services in the United States.[2][3]

The Federal Railroad Administration has allocated a $500,000 grant to the Delaware Transit Corporation to plan the schedules, route, and cost of the project. A route for this project hasn't been officially decided, however, the line has been said to start from either Newark or Wilmington, go through the state capital of Dover, and end in southern Maryland at Salisbury or Berlin.[4]

The route is primarily owned by Norfolk Southern Railway, a Class 1 U.S. freight railroad,[5] although its operations are run by the Delmarva Central Railroad.[6]

History

In 1957, the Pennsylvania Railroad, would suspend all passenger rail services in Delaware, however for six months in 1965, a limited passenger service called the "Blue Diamond" was run on a trial basis on the proposed routes mainline. This route did not attract enough ridership to justify operating the service, as some riders claimed the schedule was the reason of the service's declining ridership.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Diamond State Rail | WILMAPCO". Wilmington Area Planning Council. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Proposal would connect small towns in Delaware to the Northeast Corridor".
  3. ^ Flaks, Rob (2023-12-12). "Proposal would connect Delmarva to Amtrack Corridor with new Diamond State Line". 47abc. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  4. ^ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  5. ^ "Arcgis Ownership Map". www.arcgis.com. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  6. ^ "Delmarva Central Railroad". Carload Express. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on July 30, 2021. Retrieved October 21, 2018.
  7. ^ Mammarella, Ken (2023-12-22). "%title". Retrieved 2024-09-10.

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