Metro could shut down entire rail lines to do extended maintenance, board chair says
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Wiedefeld confirmed that he was considering such lengthy closures, but said he has not made a decision yet. He said he expected to do so within a month to six weeks.
Think they could do this in time for Bike to Work Day?
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@bentbike33 137789 wrote:
All because they went cheap in the first place and built only 2 tracks instead of 3 on each line.
You mean, since they have a system instead of not having a system? The funding for a triple tracked metro did not exist. And even with a third track, they’d still have to shutdown for work on this scale unless they were 3 completely independent tunnels. The issue here is mostly deferred maintenance, not the number of tracks. Also expansion; the impact wouldn’t be as bad if there were redundancies in the routes (no shared lines, more than one way to get from point A to point
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