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They're trying to do the same thing on the front range with COCO

The two corridors are only related in that they will operate on Class 1 trackage. But there is no "they" in common otherwise. CoCo is being led by the Front Range Passenger Rail Auth., a state govt. entity that has funding in place for DEN-Ft Collins service. O'Hare Express is a private company.

I was only pointing out that 1 correlation, I don't know how common it is for passenger rail to share with Class 1 freight lines

Not every 15 minutes though, right? The COCO proposal I saw had 4 daily trips each way at typical commute times only.

True...but hell that's 4 more options than we have now. COCO is tricky, in theory I love it, in practice I hate it. Would much prefer new rail with a more functional route but since that'll never get approved here we are

I don’t think they have an agreement with all of them yet. If approved, they will build their own track wherever there is an active freight line. They wouldn’t be running on the same tracks as freight.

They are actually planning to form their own class III to handle local freight overnight / outside of passenger service hours

I just think it's crazy that there's nothing wrong with the blue line per se besides having too many stops.

The blue line is in a highway median, you can add Express tracks by taking away car lanes. In the more urban parts you can add Express tracks just by building a second elevated deck above the existing elevated deck

This would be a lot more expensive than what the Flyer is trying to build 😅 Plus, without upgrading the power systems and rolling stock, any blue line express is limited to only 55mph