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Is there any reason heavy rail lines have to go through the core other than cultural inertia?

Because we want transit to be efficient, and in order to be efficient it has to run along routes that lots of people use? It also has to serve areas where people can get from transit to their destination on foot or with an easy transfer.

What about feeding lines to Rosslyn and the Pentagon were they'd terminate and then switch to a cross over the river line.
Not sure why this would be better than just connecting the tracks (which doesn't cost much compared to building the miles-long line) and making the train run straight through so peopled don't have to transfer. Why would you want the line to stop and then have another line begin?

What about a train that goes from the Pentagon to Rosslyn and then in reverse to alleviate the major north-south issue that recent changes have caused.
This is impossible without building a separate station platform for this shuttle train. You can't have a train backing on and off the mainline when you have other trains coming through every 3 minutes. There just isn't enough time to make it work.

by MLD on Jul 20, 2012 3:23 pm • link • report

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