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Originally Posted by fflint
No, the Geary, Presidio and West Loop proposals wouldn't--and remember, this is just brainstorming without final alignments set or any commitment to build from BART. That said, we've known for a long time that we'll eventually need a second set of underwater tunnels--and there has been some on-and-off commitment to that end over the years--so it would make sense to route any new SF extensions toward them rather than the current set.
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If FRA regulation reforms and negotiations to use UPRR tracks in the East Bay (from Hercules to the Coliseum) can be accomplished, then the Geary, Presidio, West Loop lines and New Transbay Tube should be a separate network from current BART (though still owned/operated under the BART brand) and use standard gauge EMUs instead of the expensive BART broad-gauge rolling stock.