CityNerd | Regional Rail Systems in North America: Top 10 Train Networks That Connect Suburbs to Cities @CityNerd | Uploaded April 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
We used to call these "commuter rail" services. But given regional transportation needs and a worldwide pandemic, Regional Rail is now the preferred term, with services focused on improving connections between suburbs and the central city. We'll look at historical US commuter rail providers like MBTA, SEPTA, Metro-North, LIRR, and NJ Transit, as well as taking closer looks at what our neighbors to the north (GO Transit in Toronto and exo in Montreal, and the Tren Suburbano in Mexico City) are up to.

Also, we'll spend some time exploring the new Moynihan Train Hall addition to NY Penn Station.

Check out @RMTransit for especially good Canadian content, but lots of international stuff, too -- youtube.com/c/RMTransit

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- North American Airport-Transit Connections: youtu.be/EYQdA2-eJ6g
- Top Cities for Bus Rapid Transit: youtu.be/YH0XdrD7Gnw
- Key North American Stations for HSR: youtu.be/dpdz6HcZj84

Resources:
NTD data: transit.dot.gov/ntd
caltrain.com/schedules/weekdaytimetable.html
https://exo.quebec/Media/Default/pdf/section4/Carte_reseau_train_de_banlieue_rtm.pdf
cdn.mbta.com/sites/default/files/2022-04/2022-03-commuter-rail-map-v36.pdf
septa.org/maps/system/index.html
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_Suburbano
fsuburbanos.com/secciones/operacion/horarios.php
gotransit.com/static_files/gotransit/assets/pdf/system-map.pdf
ridertools.metrarail.com/maps-schedules/system-map
schedules.metrarail.com/pdf/alternative/BNSF.pdf
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metra#Ridership
rideuta.com/-/media/Files/Rider-Tools/Route-Schedules/2021/August/750schedule_Aug2021.ashx
njtransit.com/schedules/printable
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-North_Railroad
web.mta.info/lirr/Timetable/lirrmap.htm
web.mta.info/mnr/html/mnrmap.htm
new.mta.info/agency/metro-north-railroad/schedules
web.mta.info/lirr/Timetable

Image Credits:
- Paris RER By Frédéric de Villamil - originally posted to Flickr as Bir Hakeim – Grenelle, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11215182
- Toluca rail By Bendito Coraje - https://benditocoraje.mx/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/TrenMexicoToluca.jpg, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=115011268
- FrontRunner bike car By Ricardo630 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=27131427
- FrontRunner By Joe Tordiff from one mile east o, the great salt lake - Front Runner, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4413997
- Cotsa Rica rolling stock By Falk2 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42198301
- Costa Rica regional rail map By Roqz - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90041427
- NJ Transit (thumbnail) By Adam E. Moreira - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3539854
- Metra (thumbnail) By Russell Sekeet - Metra Rock Island 214Uploaded by Mackensen, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30879880
- GO (thumbnail) By Richard Sunichura - votechinlee.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/dscn0550.jpg, CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38050704
- Tren Suburbano By Sofree - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5688013

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