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Posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Thu Feb 25 03:46:43 2010, in response to Re: What is the fastest speed of a subway train?, posted by Easy on Wed Feb 24 21:24:02 2010. but I'd add that light rail ridership is also limited by the street running partsAt that point, you'd consider alternate routing to distribute railway traffic, blocking off smaller or less important side streets, and the ultimate step which was taken by the European systems, tunnels. In the case of the Blue Line, a branch may solve some problems, but ultimately, I suspect a tunnel under Long Beach Boulevard would be best. I think that the average speed on LA's light rail lines may be faster than the NYC subway Higher acceleration, 55 mph MAS*, and station spacing at averaging near a mile between downtown and Long Beach is probably why. If you discount the street running sections, I'd imagine that you'd boost average speeds considerably. In contrast, NYCTA is built around stations at near half mile intervals... *IIRC, per Siemens, the P2000 units are good for 70 mph... |
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