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Originally Posted by bzcat
I see a couple of you wrote that you want to see Purple line interline with Sepulveda line. I'm all for building service tracks but I don't see the allure of network design that interline two high capacity lines. You are just limiting the total system capacity and introducing artificially long wait time for commuters (they'll have to wait for every other train to come by).
I believe it is far better to run both lines at high frequency and allow people to transfer at Wilshire. But I concede that Metro has been terrible at designing transfer stations. Still, that's not really a good argument for interlining and reducing effective headway.
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Also, though these types of crossovers probably do exist in places like NYC, don't the trains there move WAY slower because of the stations close proximity to each other, justifying those tight, 90° turns that the trains out here just can't make without adversely affecting commute times?