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BourbonCoug t1_itqz8k9 wrote

Why do all of the newly-constructed Silver Line stations have center platforms whereas this new infill station will have platforms on the sides of the tracks?

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nullptr-exception t1_itr712t wrote

This new station couldnā€™t use a center platform unless you relocated the tracks to split around it (which is $$$)

The new Silver Line stations are built from scratch and there are advantages to a center platform over side platforms.

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DeepSeaDweller t1_its35sr wrote

This station did involve relocation of tracks, it's slightly to the east of the old alignment.

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MidnightSlinks t1_itr77o9 wrote

I think it has to do with how much use they expect the station to get at peak. It seems likely that an infill station in Alexandria would be used more than an outer silver line station and would get dual direction use during rush as it's both an origin and a destination station, so it gets a split platform so you don't have to worry about crowding from two directions.

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SandBoxJohn t1_itubu3e wrote

An island platform station would have required a larger land area foot print, as the track would have needed to taper away from each other beyond both end of the station. The foot print for the double crossover alone would have been roughly 2/3 the length of the foot print of an island platform station.

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Heliordant t1_itqjclb wrote

How are they on schedule if this was supposed to be finished last weekend?

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BourbonCoug t1_itqyqud wrote

It beats the alternative of saying they're behind schedule for the rescheduled continuation of service south of DCA.

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walkallover1991 t1_itraxi1 wrote

How is it on schedule if the station was supposed to open in Fall 2022 but was just pushed back until 2023.

No offense to OP but idk how the ā€œItā€™s Happeningā€ applies here.

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Here4thebeer3232 t1_itrvbis wrote

Track work is supposed to complete in early November, bringing Yellow and Blue line service back south of DCA. The station construction meanwhile is not on schedule. So trains will pass through it without stopping

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Formergr t1_itrh9f1 wrote

> No offense to OP but idk how the ā€œItā€™s Happeningā€ applies here.

"It's happening!....soon. Ish. Probably"

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sixtysecdragon t1_its9yzp wrote

And it only cost us over $300,000,000. Yep. Definitely quality investment. Definitely no padding. Definitely will help our crippling congestion issues.

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teamsimple1 t1_itsgek7 wrote

$500,000,000 deficit by 2025!

METRO Wholly Owned Criminal Enterprise funded by taxpayers at the direction of the permanent elected class for all the obvious reason that donā€™t include safe reliable clean inexpensive mass transportation!

Anybody alive besides me who remembers Metro saying that if you fund the building of the system it will maintain itself 100% with rider fareā€¦guaranteed? Now all it does is serve itself and provide funds for the permanent elected class who keep selling us the taxpayers stright up BS. Metro riders have spoken with their feet about this boondoggle! Should have gone with light rail and we still could!

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