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Re: WMATA: Tentative delivery and dates for the first option of 7k cars. |
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Posted by Sand Box John on Sun Oct 19 19:48:05 2014, in response to Re: WMATA: Tentative delivery and dates for the first option of 7k cars., posted by Joe V on Sun Oct 19 09:44:06 2014. At what point can they start scrapping the 1K's ?After roughly 25% of the 300 car option has been put into service. As it stands now WMATA has committed to procuring 428 cars:
Funding for the remaing 320 has not been committed:
In my opinion I believe WMATA should procure another 500 cars to allow 150 second headways (30 TPH). At present WMATA is running a mix of 6 and 8 car trains at roughly 180 second headways (20 TPH). The train control and signaling system on all but the Silver line is designed to support 90 second headways (40 TPH), the train control and signaling system on the Silver line is designed to support 185 second headways (19 TPH). John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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