Posted Aug 10, 2019, 12:55 AM
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Location: Chicago
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jmecklenborg
An 8-station bypass = over 15 minutes in time savings.
The thing that needs to happen is for the silver line to deflect from the orange line right before it joins the blue line and cross DC in its own new tunnel to Dupont Circle, the convention center, Union Station, and then rejoin the orange line east of RFK stadium. Meanwhile, a silver line bypass would deflect from the Dulles Toll Road just north of Tyson's and proceed eastward for 5~ miles in an express tunnel to Dupont Circle, where it would join the new silver line subway. That would skip 10~ stations, saving about 25 minutes for the train ride in from the airport.
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And all this would cost how much?
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