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Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1uxqvo wrote

Hi all. I wanted to create a rail system in Baltimore ther does what it's three existing rail systems currently don't do or don't do well at: provide adequate service for the people. This map is a combination of the current Metro SubwayLink, the original Baltimore subway master plan and the CityLink network established in 2017.

I want to note that this is a fantasy idea, is unfunded, is not currently in any sort of planning stage nor will it be anytime soon. I just want people to enjoy what could be!

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Adventurous_Money_81 t1_j1v810g wrote

Please don’t tease us with such things. It’s too good to be true! But thanks for posting

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BaltimoreBadger23 t1_j1vd8t0 wrote

A beautiful vision, indeed. The only thing is add (since we're dreaming) is a circle route connecting the terminus of each line to the others.

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Shiny_Deleter t1_j1vlbyp wrote

Hey, I’d be happy with half as many stops 😉

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socatsucks t1_j1vpobq wrote

Do we just, like, start a gofundme? Anyone have an uncle with $400,000,000,000 dollars laying around?

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STrRedWolf t1_j1wck5x wrote

... I... have you consulted a normal map on this? I just started at BWI and went up, and you have to have some crazy routing in real life to pull it off. Granted, it's a fantasy map... but it's more believable if it hews closer to real life.

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A_P_Dahset t1_j1wzc3d wrote

Dope! What is the station between Patterson Park and Hopkins Bayview on the Orange and Purple lines?

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ThisAmericanSatire t1_j1yh2an wrote

We actually did have $400,000,000,000 that we could have spent building this, but our elected officials spent it on interstate highways and other car-only infrastructure instead.

So now instead of paying $3.50 to take the Metro across town, you get to pay hundreds of dollars a month for a car payment, insurance, gas, parking, and repairs & maintenance. Not to mention the value of your time which is wasted in traffic jams and looking for parking.

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Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1ysgj3 wrote

Nothing shown is really outlandish other than the segment from UMBC to BWI on the E and the detour through Curtis Bay on the D, which actually isn’t shown. And outlandish is sort of hyperbole, none of these lines are as along as BART for instance, or the Red or Silver lines in DC

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STrRedWolf t1_j1ysrtt wrote

I also wouldn't of put a stop at Relay/St. Dennis, as that's really a flag stop on the MARC Camden line and is close to Halethorpe anyway on the MARC Penn line/Amtrak NEC. It doesn't get that much traffic.

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Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1yuasx wrote

I’m aware. It’s there for the Guinness factory and to spur any eTOD, although that would require re-zoning and political effort (although what part of the project wouldn’t). Ideally, the stop would become more useful even if nothing was there if more Camden line trains were run (or at least run at the frequency of Penn line trains) which is strangely the most do-able part of this whole map.

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lieyera t1_j1yv835 wrote

Nice! This reminds me of the subway system in Seoul. It would be amazing if American cities would actually prioritize public transportation and make things like this actually happen sigh

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STrRedWolf t1_j1yw29j wrote

The issue there is the Camden line is a CSX freight line, the Metropolitan line, which introduces too many wrenches to wreck the works. St. Dennis is also near a junction where CSX's Old Main line connects up -- that line connects up to Monocacy and Fredricksburg, aka a branch of the MARC Brunswick line.

So "do-able"? Not really. But I'd support bus service from Halethorpe to the Guinness factory.

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Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1yxnpy wrote

Ok, you aren’t telling me anything I’m not already intimately aware of lol. When I said do-able, I meant in the context of running more Camden line trains vs implementing this entire project, which is absolutely true. At the end of the day, none of this will be built, so you don’t have to worry

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Big_Garlic_166 t1_j1zfwb1 wrote

Could you elaborate on the NE end of the E line? Carney is farther out than Parkville, and the only area I’ve heard of called “White Oak” is in Parkville…

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Capitol_Limited OP t1_j1zp8ix wrote

Another user error lol, I meant White Marsh, but White Oak in Montgomery county has been stuck in my head.

Carney is NE of Parkville, in this area, the train would be in or near 695, which is the dividing line. Since it would be coming from Belair Rd, I decided to do the Carney stop first and take a bit of liberty with naming Parkville since the MVA does the same thing (their Parkville location is actually in Carney).

This is something I’ll look towards changing in my revisions since it’s causing confusion

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