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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by fransje26 on Sunday January 14, 2024 @04:24PM (#38994574)
So.. 10 trains per ship then. With 38 ships per day, that's 380 trains.

Assuming 190 trains per direction, on a 24h/day schedule, that's 8 trains per hour, per direction. Or a 7.5 min block between trains 24 hours a day. That doesn't seem very realistic..

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Re:Panama Canal drought forces Maersk to start using land br... by jcrawfordor on Monday January 15, 2024 @01:02PM (#39003938)
Not really that far from current transcon capacity, headways are routinely under ten minutes during busy hours. Doesn't seem hard to achieve on a dedicated route. Especially in a totally new installation that might be fully double-tracked and use a moving block system.
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