On Monday, December 1, 2014 7:59:43 AM UTC-5, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   > True, but you can make the platforms longer or add more of them, to a   
   > point, before the tracks are fully utilized.  AFAIK, aside from a few   
   > commuter lines around NYC, there are _no_ lines in the US that are   
   > anywhere near that heavily loaded with passenger trains--and adding   
   > tracks there has special problems that don't generally apply.   
      
   I don't know the numbers, but yesterday Amtrak added many cars to its NEC   
   trains, and also added extra trains (borrowing commuter equipment).  Would   
   anyone know how many extra people they carried over Thanksgiving?   
      
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