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Originally Posted by ardecila
What is the point of running a metro line with only one station? I get why you want it running for World Cup fans, but if there's not an event going on at Hard Rock then who will even use the train? Maybe they just do service for special events only (Dolphins games, etc).
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According to MDT, the reason why MDT wants to construct only one station at this extension is to speed up the construction of the line. Extending it to Hard Rock makes a lot of sense since it does provide mass transit service to Hard Rock from DT Miami and the long term goal of the extension isn’t to just serve soccer fans for the 2026 World Cup (that’st short term), but to serve fans coming to and returning from Hard Rock, as well as serving the residents living in NW Miami Dade for the long term. The infill stations
will come, you need to be patient! The infill stations aren’t going to be built in a week!
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Originally Posted by ardecila
It makes a lot more sense to me to shut the line down so you can build the infill stations faster and cheaper... It's obviously possible to keep running the trains thru active station construction zones, it's just more complicated.
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Sounds right, but I’m assuming that once the extension get’s built, then Hard Rock will be used as a temporary terminal until County Line/Unity Terminal gets completed, followed by the infill stations. As long as the tracks are built and fully intact and you have a destination, service will more than likely remain intact, even though you’ll have slowdowns and delays due to construction.
It happens all the time in NYC, Boston, Chicago, and Philadelphia and I’m pretty sure Miami is no different when it comes to service and construction. I’m also assuming the view that you have is that of an emerging city which has yet to experience a bigger, more expansive mass transit system than a major city that’s already used to having such a system for decades. All I can say about that is things take time and once again, be patient!
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Originally Posted by ardecila
I don't have a lot of faith in Miami-Dade ever since they proposed running Metrorail trains at-grade down the middle of 27th Ave to save money...
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Show me the link to that, as I don’t recall hearing MDT proposing an at-grade application of the North extension of Metrorail. My faith is that somehow, MDC is able to use their power to at least make the North extension a reality and place the Metromover extension to Miami Beach on hold if MDC can’t upgrade the Metromover to either heavy rail, light rail, or the monorail (all high capacity modes of transit, BTW) and use the funds initially set for the Metromover expansion towards the Metrorail extension instead!