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Posted by R6 on Sun May 25 02:58:48 2003, in response to Re: WMATA Train Lengths,
posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu May 22 20:01:12 2003.
Better than what WE have... absolutely NO indication as to the next train's arrival time or destination. The upside to that is, there is never a fluctuation in length, and it's rare that trains on either the Market-Frankford or Broad Street lines go anything but end-to-end. However, on the BSL, it would help to avoid people needing to constantly check the tunnel until marker lights came into view on the express tracks... you never know if it's an Express or a Broad-Ridge Spur until you can see the markers... however, THAT need is nullified after peak hours and on Saturdays... no expresses period.
As far as our consists: 6 cars to the MFL every day, regardless of time. There are rare occasions where trains will be 4 cars, but that's really hard to predict... only seen it on summer holidays, or light Sundays in summer. NEVER seen it on Independence Day, or any winter holidays. BSL is 5 cars for everything, except for the Spur, which is always 2 cars.
As far as WMATA goes, it's probably a mix of Bredas in rehab and CAFs not ready. They don't have enough available cars to do constant six-car trains. I've seen 2-car consists on weekend Green and Yellow line trains before. However, the 2-car Green trains are becoming longer, ever since Branch Avenue opened. I've never seen less than 4 cars on the other three lines. I also DID see an 8-car train on the Blue Line once... July 4th, 1998. And all the Vienna-bound passengers booed the train.
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