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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Sun Jul 6 01:44:07 2008, in response to Re: How will WMATA run 3 services on two tracks?, posted by Sand Box John on Sun Jul 6 00:45:03 2008. Is the plan really to cut Yellow Lines out of Huntington, or will they just widen the headways slightly the way they used to on the Blue Line to accomodate the Orange Line trippers?Here are some 2004 daily average ridership stats on the southern ends of the Blue and Yellow Lines, with the overall systemwide rank in parenthesis (out of 83 stations open at that time): Franconia-Springfield 9,265 (24th) Huntington 8,501 (27th) Van Dorn Street 3,683 (64th) Eisenhower Avenue 1,788 (81st) Combined Franconia & Van Dorn ridership: 12,948 Combined Huntington & Eisenhower ridership: 10,289 With the additional service to Greenbelt, depending upon the capacity to turn trains at Mount Vernon Square, they could also turn some trains from Franconia-Springfield, Huntington, or Branch Avenue at that location to make service levels match what is actually needed. Even though WMATA is designed for 90 second headways, I don't think we will ever see them run. The station dwell times all but preclude it. |
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