Re: LA Rail Revival

[elson@westworld.com]

In article <7k3q80$3fn$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
  tomwetzel@my-deja.com wrote:

> Yes, that was the Green Line. It isn't really a light rail line,
> tho, because it is completely grade-separated. Like the Docklands
> line in London, it is modeled on the Vancouver Skytrain,
>
> Tom Wetzel

I disagree; it has the exact same rolling stock as the Metro Blue Line
(which I'm sure be both do agree is LRT), and the stations are pretty
much similar, so just because there's no street running the Green Line
becomes heavy rail? Besides, the Green Line isn't *totally* grade-
separated; as there are grade crossings in the yard area.

Both the Docklands Light Rail and the Vancouver Skytrain are third-rail
powered, BTW. Not the case with the Green Line.

except
> that the Green Line has a pathetic ridership...only 23,000 boardings
> a day.

So did the Blue Line several years ago, but we get the point (it's a
well-known fact you're no fan of the Green Line :)). This will change
with the addition of longer trains (many potential Green Line commuters
are turned off because of extreme overcrowding during the rush hour on
the single-car trains), higher speeds (within the next few months the max
speed will be increased from 55 to 65 mph) and the eventual expansion of
LAX.

E


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