**CORRIDOR*one* Rail MOS**

**Harrisburg, Pennsylvania**

(November 2004)

# 

Capital Area Transit (CAT) of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania proposes to
develop a 40.5-mile minimum operable segment (MOS) of a regional rail
system that would run along central Pennsylvania's priority
transportation corridor known as CORRIDOR*one.* The corridor currently
accommodates both Amtrak and Norfolk Southern Railroad lines. The
proposed project would provide rail service between East Mechanicsburg
and Lancaster via Harrisburg, supported by significant upgrades to CAT
and Red Rose Transit (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) bus services. CAT
proposes the re-use of the old Cumberland Valley Railroad Bridge across
the Susquehanna River and use of the Keystone Corridor for the leg
between Harrisburg and Lancaster. The project is intended to increase
transportation capacity across the Susquehanna River and relieve
congestion on existing crossings; provide an effective transit link to
Harrisburg International Airport and its intermodal facilities; and
leverage the investment made by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
Amtrak in upgrading the Keystone Corridor to improve transit service.

The project is estimated to cost \$82.8 million (escalated dollars),
with a proposed Section 5309 New Starts share of \$24.9 million (30
percent). *Because the proposed New Starts share is less than
\$25 million, the project is exempt from the New Starts criteria and is
not subject to FTA's evaluation and rating (49 USC 5309(e)(8)(A)).*

  ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------
  **Summary Description**               

  **Proposed Project:**                 Commuter Rail

  ** **                                 40.5 Miles, 11 Stations

  **Total Capital Cost (\$YOE):**       \$82.8 Million

  **Section 5309 New Starts Share       \$24.9 Million (30.1%)
  (\$YOE):**                            

  **Annual Operating Cost (\$YOE):**    Not Available

  **Ridership Forecast:**               Not Available
  ------------------------------------- ---------------------------------

# Project Development History and Current Status 

FTA approved CAT's initiation of preliminary engineering (PE) and NEPA
review in August 2002. CAT completed subsequent transitional analysis,
at FTA's request, to refine the evaluation of potential alternative
project segments and identified a minimum operable segment in May 2003.
Since May 2003, CAT has added some detail to the project\'s capital cost
estimate and financial plan, but still has not developed ridership
forecasts or operation and maintenance cost estimates. CAT must
demonstrate progress in advancing the project/MOS forward in the next
year, or risk being removed from PE status.

+--------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
| **Locally Proposed       |                     |                    |
| Financial Plan**         |                     |                    |
+--------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
| **[Proposed Source of    | **[Total Funding    | **[Percent of      |
| Funds]{.underline}**     | (\$mill             | To                 |
|                          | ion)]{.underline}** | tal]{.underline}** |
+--------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
| **Federal:**             | []{.mark}           | []{.mark}          |
|                          |                     |                    |
| Section 5309 New Starts  | \$24.9              | 30.1 %             |
|                          |                     |                    |
| Section 5309 Bus         | \$4.0               | 4.8 %              |
| Discretionary            |                     |                    |
|                          | \$10.0              | 12.1 %             |
| FTA Formula              |                     |                    |
+--------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
| **State:**               | \$36.6              | 44.2%              |
|                          |                     |                    |
| Annual Capital Budget    |                     |                    |
+--------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
| **Local:**               | \$0.2               | 0.2 %              |
|                          |                     |                    |
| County Contributions     | \$7.0               | 8.5 %              |
|                          |                     |                    |
| Private Sources          |                     |                    |
+--------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+
| **Total:**               | **\$82.8**          | 100.0 %            |
+--------------------------+---------------------+--------------------+

**NOTE:** Funding statements reflected in this table have been made by
project sponsors and are not DOT or FTA assumptions. The sum of the
figures may differ from the total as listed due to rounding.

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