west point wrote: ↑Tue May 16, 2023 3:57 pm
What will the running time if an Amtrak has to follow a commuter train <> Joliet?.
Metra's Heritage Corridor has 7 stops, 3 of which are Amtrak stops anyway (Union Station, Summit and Joliet). They run three inbound trips for morning rush and 3 outbound for PM rush and that's the entire schedule.
The commuter trains take 1:06 outbound / 1:07 inbound. Amtrak is scheduled at 50-57 minutes. So in the unlikely event that a commuter train interfered, it might hold an Amtrak up by 10-20 minutes or so.
The only outbound Amtrak that could conflict is the 5:20 pm departure, running half an hour after the 4:50 Metra outbound, and 10 minutes before the next Metra train. The risk of a Metra train running half an hour behind is very low in my experience. I'd be more worried Amtrak would bung themselves up by departing 12 minutes late.