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Jasper/Ser AdN/AWalker,et al:

Jumping in way late here...what I get for being out to sea...but I'd like to point out that the Mt Vernon Transportation Committee's long-standing preference for transit along Route 1 is elevated monorail. Now to be fair, it isn't much of a stretch (or cost/ROW reqiurement either for that matter) to convert that preference to elevated Metrorail. The question (besides how to fund it, of course) is where to bring it back to grade. The existing Metrorail tunnel goes 3/4mi south of Huntington, almost to Penn Daw, so a Penn Daw underground station could fairly easily be done. But how much farther south to go before you bring it out of tunnel? From a topography perspective, on the downhill towards Hybla Valley makes sense, but then you'd have to tunnel through Beacon Hill.

As for how to tie it into VRE on the other hand, my thought has long been to bring it thru aft Belvoir, then follow the old rail spur up to Newington. There's adequate open space for a new station at Newington off Loisdale Rd, which you can make out on my map.

by Froggie on Jun 30, 2012 10:13 am • link • report

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