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Re: Washington Metro criticized for not extending hours last night due to Nationals Game |
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Posted by Sand Box John on Sun Oct 16 18:49:49 2016, in response to Re: Washington Metro criticized for not extending hours last night due to Nationals Game, posted by randyo on Sun Oct 16 16:43:10 2016. That may be true, but as I alluded to in another post, considering that WMATA should have learned from the mistakes and limitations of the older systems, it is a bit disappointing. Since the designers chose not to have a four track system with express service, the least they could have done is provide more Xovers between tracks at strategic locations so that functional single track operations could be done overnight for maintenance and allowing for all night operation.A 4 track railroad is in my opinion a BS argument. WMATA is only exploiting roughly 60 percent of the train control and signaling systems designed capacity. The only reason why they can't do better then 60 percent is they don't have the rolling stock. As to the crossovers WMATA has more per mile then most of the legacy systems. Sure there are a few that in hindsight that were improperly located. Problem is WMATA has not learned how to properly exploit the crossovers they have to keep things moving. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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