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Originally Posted by Daradon
My question is... How close are we to having all these platforms lengthened? Is it nearly done? Fourth car coming soon? And when they are finally all standardized, are we still going to have maintenance and repair seasons in what seems like at least one weekend a month? Often the long weekends.  |
One problem that exists for 4 car trains is how the section of track between 7th Ave and the Bow River will be handled on the NW line. I'm sure the city and Calgary Transit has a plan for that though.
The problem is that the tracks between 4 and 5 Ave and 5 and 6 Ave are too short to fit 4 car trains. The trains going into and leaving 7 Ave will have to make a clean run from 4 Ave to 7 ave which might cause backups along 7 Ave, the NW line or the roadways that cross the tracks.