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Originally Posted by thoughtcriminal
So will KOP's loss be Roosevelt Boulevard Subway's gain?
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If SEPTA couldn't built a less complex elevated structure on the Purple Line from Norristown & Upper Darby to KOP, then how can SEPTA build a much more complex subway along the length of the Blvd?
SEPTA wanted to extend the BSL from Pattison (NRG) to the Navy Yard not too long ago but it was nothin more than talk and political fluff.
Cancellations like this make anybody have less faith in this joke of a transportation agency called SEPTA.
The last expansion in SEPTA's system was back in 1973 when the BSL was extended from Snyder to Pattison and maybe then was a perfect time to extend the BSL al the way to the Navy Yard, but it didn't happen for some strange reason.
Mind you, this was when Philadelphia was the 4th largest city in America at the time and there wasn't really an MSA or CSA used at the time, since people were more used to using just the city population than the metro area at the time.
Now, we're the sixth largest city, but the seventh largest MSA & the 9th largest CSA, with both the Miami & Atlanta MSAs & CSAs nipping at the heels of Philadelphia. Oh, how the mighty cities have fallen!!!
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Originally Posted by Broadcastthatboom
Was the feasibility of expanding/extending the Manayunk/Norristown Regional Rail line into KOP ever looked at? It's just right across the river, and it would provide an actual one-seat ride to/from Center City as well. That coupled with SEPTAs hopeful 'Reimagining RR' with increased frequencies would make that a pretty worthwhile investment.
Or even what NJ Transit does at Princeton Junction Station to Princeton, make a branch line that shuttles from Norristown Transportation Center to KOP, with coordinating the schedule to allow immediate transfers to the arriving Manayunk/Norristown train.
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I don't know of any commuter rail line that goes directly into KOP. Maybe into Valley Forge, but not KOP! The KOP extension was probable the best chance of introducing rail transit into KOP, even though some on here disagree that the KOP extension wasn't all that and a bag of chips, but that's what you get when you place your faith on such an inept mass transit agency like SEPTA!