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Originally Posted by Robbob
At this point, it would be a huge win if even just the Red line went through that 8th ave tunnel. That way the lines don't have to share 7th ave, which would probably help with the timing of the lights for the cars. It also won't cripple both lines when there is a mechanical issue or accident on the 7th ave corridor.
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Does anyone know the exact location/length of the tunnel? I guess the biggest infrastructure issue would be having to actually build all of the stations below, again... (then needing double the transit cops, etc.) - seems like an all or none proposition.
The best use of the existing tunnels might be for eventual HSR. The biggest challenge in twinning the existing CP tracks all the way to Banff would be the stretch from 14 st SW to the Elbow river. It would be interesting if they could connect a route from the existing tunnel all the way to CP tracks west of Crowchild as part of the eventual West Village remediations/realignment.
Wouldn't be hard to keep it as one big trunk with both directions of Bow Trail immediately south of the tracks. Maybe 4 Ave only feeds into this express trunk and 6 ave connects to the surface streets of WV.
Even if rail (hyperloop?) to Banff is half a century away, it would be prudent to build with it in mind whenever they start scooping up the soil in WV.