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Originally Posted by Illithid Dude
The Orange Line will never interface with the Sepulveda Line. Later this year a bridge will be built over Van Nuys, grade separating The Orange Line from the street. The bridge is being designed with the Van Nuys light rail line in mind, where one can walk down from the bridge to the light rail station. Despite this, the two don't connect, and will never connect. One will never influence the other, and the Sepulveda line will not precipitate an Orange Line light rail conversion. The Orange Line should not be taken in to account when considering what option the Sepulveda Line should take.
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Concept 4 envisions the Sepulveda Line with one branch continuing north on the Van Nuys Line and a second branch towards the Sepulveda Orange Line station (not connecting with the Van Nuys station) via an aerial alignment. It creates the opportunity for 2 North-South lines (Orange Line west of Sepulveda is both North-South and East-West) feeding into the Sepulveda Line. The conversion of the rest of the Orange Line could create a East-West Line from the Van Nuys station to Pasadena (or continue to Montclair).
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Originally Posted by SoCalKid
Got it. So it sounds like the purpose of branching to Sepulveda would really just be to create a turnback, allowing for higher frequencies on the Supulveda line than the Van Nuys line. Is that right?
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It’s really doubtful they would spend money on 1 mile of aerial alignment just for a turnback facility. Concept 3 says they can accomplish a turnback at Van Nuys station.