re: #67 Backwoods_Sleuth

That’s a drop in the bucket. And the NEC needs the Gateway Plan to get approved and construction underway. The stations don’t add capacity, but new Hudson River tunnels, new Portal Bridge, new Baltimore tunnel and replacement bridges in CT do (and improve reliability). Same with upgraded power systems and signals - that limit both train speed and number of trains in a given segment.

Addendum:
That video actually shows the Portal Bridge still working in their panorama shot of the NYC skyline. That’s not a good sign to say the least since that’s one of the failure points on the NEC and it regularly costs commuters dearly when it malfunctions.