Cost-Effective, Time-Efficient Passenger Rail System for the Eastern United States

Table 7

Distances (miles) determined between cities. Distances by current passenger train were used if that distance was less than 1.2 times the driving distance; if it was more then the driving distance was used as the distance between those cities.

	Hub	CHI	CIN	NYC	ATL	STL	CLE	PIT	MEM	NASH	CHAR	DC	PHL	LOU	INDY	DET
Hub	0	535	215	615	501	510	259	232	604	392	265	388	523	250	341	372
CHI	535	0	321	797	722	283	342	475	532	477	763	738	763	302	200	277
CIN	215	321	0	647	463	351	256	292	487	276	483	603	577	101	127	265
NYC	615	797	647	0	868	960	471	440	1107	893	708	227	92	746	716	622
ATL	503	719	463	867	0	557	716	687	395	249	262	640	775	423	538	727
STL	511	283	353	963	558	0	624	608	286	313	722	829	892	264	250	560
CLE	257	341	255	470	715	625	0	134	874	528	520	397	483	353	319	174
PIT	231	475	293	440	687	606	134	0	778	566	451	263	349	391	361	289
MEM	603	532	486	1107	386	285	872	775	0	215	631	887	1019	388	470	809
NASH	392	473	275	893	248	311	527	564	215	0	412	673	805	177	292	539
CHAR	267	760	467	605	262	719	521	450	639	411	0	378	513	478	579	634
DC	388	738	603	227	641	826	397	263	887	672	400	0	135	614	582	531
PHL	523	763	577	92	776	890	483	349	1019	805	513	135	0	676	646	588
LOU	249	299	102	746	421	262	354	391	388	176	478	615	675	0	118	366
INDY	341	200	127	718	538	249	322	363	472	293	580	584	647	119	0	284
DET	367	277	265	622	727	560	175	289	809	540	635	533	588	365	284	0