• Why Metro cannot run more than 26 tph

  • Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.
Discussion related to DC area passenger rail services from Northern Virginia to Baltimore, MD. Includes Light Rail and Baltimore Subway.

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  by mmi16
 
If only they didn't have to make those pesky passenger stops! [/sarcasm]
  by Sand Box John
 
"JDC"
PlanItMetro has done a post detailing Metro's reason(s) why it cannot run more than 26 trains per hour. http://planitmetro.com/2016/08/22/the-o ... our-limit/. I fully expect SBJ to disagree...


And you would be correct.

Instead of rehashing this again here you can read my rebuttal on this article here.
Last edited by Sand Box John on Wed Aug 24, 2016 9:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.
  by MCL1981
 
Given the current levels of incompetence at all levels of operation, I don't think I even want to see them try to exceed that. I feel like the body count would begin to climb dramatically.