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Re: WMATA Silver Line Question

Posted by Sand Box John on Sun Mar 1 22:02:03 2015, in response to WMATA Silver Line Question, posted by italianstallion on Sun Mar 1 17:45:49 2015.

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Now that the Silver Line is in operation, how much have frequencies been reduced on the Orange and Blue Lines (with which the Silver shares trackage)? I always thought the Blue Line must have had relatively infrequent service since it shares all of its stations but one with the Orange or the Blue Line. Has it lost even more service?

Peak service:
Prior to the creation of Rush Plus the service between Rosslyn and Stadium Armory was roughly split evenly between the Blue and Orange lines.

After the creation of Rush Plus one third of the Blue line trains between Rosslyn and Stadium Armory were converted to Orange line trains between Vienna and New Carrollton. One third of the Blue line trains between Rosslyn and Stadium Armory were converted to Yellow line trains between Springfield-Franconia and Greenbelt. The remaining third of the Blue line trains ran between Springfield-Franconia and and Largo.
After the opening of the Silver line:
Service levels between East Falls Church and Stadium Armory remains the same.

Roughly one half of the trains between Vienna and New Carrollton (the third of the Blue line that formerly ran between Springfield-Franconia and and Largo) are now Silver line trains between Wiehle - Reston East and Largo.

Red, Blue and Yellow line service remains unchanged.
Station with reduced service:
Orange line:
Dunn Lorring, Vienna*

Blue line:
Arlington Cemetery

* Service was reduced to the levels prior to the creation of Rush Plus. See Orange line trains converted to Sliver line trains above.
Off peak and weekends:
Service between East Falls Church and Stadium Armory is evenly split between the Orange and Silver lines, service between Rosslyn and Stadium Armory is evenly split between the Blue, Orange and Silver lines.

Service between King Street and Pentagon is evenly split between the Blue and Yellow lines, service between L'Enfant Place and Fort Totten is evenly split between the Green and Yellow lines.

Red line remains unchanged.
John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore.

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