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jinntakk t1_j8nt800 wrote

While we're on the topic of the BSL "express" line... What the fuck Septa. 5 stops in a row in the city and then 3 to the north. There has to be a better way to break these up.

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RoughRhinos OP t1_j8nuiwo wrote

Would never happen but adding double tracks in South Philly with an express stop at Synder, Stadiums, Navy Yard and Airport would be awesome. On realistic things - Cecil B Moore should be an express stop.

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jinntakk t1_j8nvxmm wrote

Yeah and we certainly don't need 5 stops in a row on the fucking express line. At least have one stop south of walnut locust lol.

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jihyoisgod t1_j8o5mey wrote

Race-Vine being an express stop never makes sense considering it's a block or two from City Hall

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LFKhael t1_j8nwtdh wrote

Looking at the map, I swear the other comment that mentioned the track sharing with the Spur has to do with it.

The Express is just about lock step with the Spur once they meet up. The Spur makes one stop the Express doesn't.

I'd dig an Express skipping down to Oregon, though.

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owenhinton98 t1_j8qvlou wrote

From a technical standpoint, I somewhat find your comment ironic, in that the “realistic” part you mentioned is one of the less realistic things you mentioned lol

4 tracks is actually possible in south, if I’m not mistaken they considered it in planning stages and I believe there would be room to expand, especially in the portions between snyder and pattison (pattison is literally a 4 track station, only issue is that the 2 & 3 tracks have a narrow platform that would be a major liability with hoards of drunk eagles fans being herded on and off trains)

Cecil on the other hand would be a bit more difficult to pull off, as it was built as a local station, and thus it (and the entire portion of line between girard and Susquehanna) would need a complete rebuild and realignment, potentially even building demolitions to make way for the wider space needed to support an express station. The only way it might work would be to route all trains to and from the 1 & 4 tracks via the nearest switches to the north and south of cecil, and if I’m not mistaken this would also have to make Susquehanna a stop for expresses too. And this idea would inevitably lead to bottlenecking in both directions, so I think temple will just have to deal with being a local stop lol

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Glass_Fensters t1_j8p34hr wrote

It made sense when they built it a long time ago and the express stops were major transfer stops. Making Cecil b Moore an express stop wouldn’t be worth the massive amount of money and construction required and almost 0 time savings to CC. It would be nice though to take ridge spur trains from Cecil.

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jinntakk t1_j8pc1p7 wrote

They should be running Ridge Spur everyday.

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