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Re: My dream light rail/streecar system for the Phoenix Metro Area

Posted by Pink Jazz on Sun Jun 21 04:21:47 2015, in response to My dream light rail/streecar system for the Phoenix Metro Area, posted by Pink Jazz on Tue Sep 2 00:21:38 2014.

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More recently, one thing that I have been thinking about my light rail system is what yards to base each line. I don't think basing all lines in a single yard (Phoenix) is a good idea. So, I think there should be two rail yards, with the following line assignments:
  • The existing yard in Phoenix would be expanded for more cars. Lines based in Phoenix would include the Red, Blue, Silver, and Gold Lines.
  • Tempe plans on building its own yard for the Tempe Streetcar (Green Line in my system). In my system the Tempe yard would be expanded for light rail. Lines based in Tempe would include the Green, Orange, Pink, Brown, and Purple Lines. While it may make more geographic sense to base the Orange Line in Phoenix, the Orange Line interlines with the Brown Line at Chandler Fashion Center and thus uses the same cars for both lines, thus basing it in Tempe along with the Brown Line would keep a more even distribution of lines between the two yards, otherwise having them based in separate yards would not allow the interlining of those two lines, reducing operational efficiency.

Any changes anyone would make to these yard assignments? Should there be additional yards besides Phoenix and Tempe?

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