# Commuter Rail - Garner to West Durham

**URL:** <https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/commuter-rail-garner-to-west-durham/899>\
**Category:** Transit and Transportation\
**Created:** [February 12, 2019, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/commuter-rail-garner-to-west-durham/899 "2019-02-12T17:24:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![keita](https://community.dtraleigh.com/user_avatar/community.dtraleigh.com/keita/32/354_2.png) [@keita](https://community.dtraleigh.com/u/keita)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.dtraleigh.com/t/commuter-rail-garner-to-west-durham/899/676 "2021-03-19T19:00:35Z")

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GoTriangle’s leadership is having their monthly meeting next Wednesday, and is getting regular updates on major capital projects according to [their agenda](https://gotriangle.org/sites/default/files/20210324_2.pdf). The updates include the study on commuter rail, but… well… it ain’t lookin’ good.

These reports usually have several paragraphs of text, and certain parts are changed and highlighted whenever they change for a particular month. Here’s what got updated in this month’s iteration:

> [@GoTriangle capital project status report (Mar. 2021 - p. 48 on agenda packet)](#):
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> **Greater Triangle Commuter Rail Study (19GOT\_CO2/ 20GOT\_CD1 / TC004-A)**
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> _Status and Upcoming Activities_ – […] Priority early activities [after relevant counties voted to keep looking into GTCR last April] are as follows:
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> - **Railroad Coordination** – GoTriangle and NCRR resolved initial discussions regarding liability, indemnification, and insurance. NCRR has requested that Norfolk Southern complete capacity modeling no later than December 1, 2021. GoTriangle and NCRR will continue to attempt to work with Norfolk Southern to initiate and advance the capacity modeling effort.
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> […]
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> - **Community Engagement** – GoTriangle completed interviews with focus groups composed of a variety of community members, organizations and businesses as a follow-up on to the first phase of engagement, and is planning for a second phase of engagement in late spring 2021.

“GoTriangle and NCRR will continue to attempt to work with Norfolk Southern” sticks out like a sore thumb, in my eyes, simply because of how weak and wishy-washy it sounds. Makes you wonder just exactly how uncooperative they’re being, here… 😕

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