by PHLSpecial
Septa has a lot of lines going into downtown Philly but no lines that go cross town from suburb to suburb. If Septa was to create the purple line what would it look like?
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PHLSpecial wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:30 am Agreed with the 102 extension down to the airport with LRV and level boarding platforms.There've been proposals to extend the 36 as well. I'm unsure if they can share tracks over short distances but the idea of a common station is intriguing.
The Norristown Line would benefit if we upgrade it to LRVs.Not to be a downer, but AFAIK that would require severing the line from the rest of the RRD - a serious issue where it joins the former RDG "main line".
Adding back 69th street to West Chester trolley would be a massive benefit.I'd love to see that happen but it's not clear how you could shoehorn it into WC Pike. The aptly-named Highway Department of the 1950s killed the median as a possible ROW by gobbling it for turning lanes.
Heavy rail to KOP and Phoenixville would be a big item too.Last I heard it's in the semi-serious talk stage. Unfortunately it requires buy-in from NS, and couldn't offer much more than morning and evening service, plus it would have to skirt the edge of KOP rather than serving denser areas. Trying to find space for a new heavy-rail ROW has been researched a zillion times with no good alternatives.
I agree we have no good candidates for a crosstown line.True that.
Not to be a downer, but AFAIK that would require severing the line from the rest of the RRD - a serious issue where it joins the former RDG "main line".I meant the NHSL not the RR line. Though I'm not sure what LRV would be modern and support third rail
I'd love to see that happen but it's not clear how you could shoehorn it into WC Pike. The aptly-named Highway Department of the 1950s killed the median as a possible ROW by gobbling it for turning lanes.Right that would be a massive fight to do so but so worth in the long run. SAP and West Chester would have a quicker way to connect to the airport if the 102 was extended.
Last I heard it's in the semi-serious talk stage. Unfortunately it requires buy-in from NS, and couldn't offer much more than morning and evening service, plus it would have to skirt the edge of KOP rather than serving denser areas. Trying to find space for a new heavy-rail ROW has been researched a zillion times with no good alternatives.
ExCon90 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:15 pm Extending the 102 to the airport would require fixing the dip under the former B&O between MacDade Blvd. and Chester Pike; it floods every time there's a heavy rain, requiring a bus bridge between the last two stops, and we can't have that on a line to the airport.The 102 can't go to Shanon Hill Rd to 84th street, and make a new bridge to the airport?