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Re: Snohomish to Bellevue commuter train
Author: MSB
Date: 05-30-2008 - 14:32
> It will take another year for Central Link because there
> is more to opening a line than just laying track.
Of course there is, but who says you can't do most of that stuff at the same time? You don't have to wait until the entire line is done before you start stringing catenary, and they haven't waited, it's being strung now. They're also doing the signalling and communications work etc too. The work progresses in phases, which is how it should be.
The fact remains that it is going to take them nearly 6 years to build 14 miles of light rail line. That works out to 2.33 miles per year. Yes, I know, they had to build tunnels and do the major work literally under the city of Seattle. It still seems like a slow process, and I still think private industry would have it online quicker.
> is more to opening a line than just laying track.
Of course there is, but who says you can't do most of that stuff at the same time? You don't have to wait until the entire line is done before you start stringing catenary, and they haven't waited, it's being strung now. They're also doing the signalling and communications work etc too. The work progresses in phases, which is how it should be.
The fact remains that it is going to take them nearly 6 years to build 14 miles of light rail line. That works out to 2.33 miles per year. Yes, I know, they had to build tunnels and do the major work literally under the city of Seattle. It still seems like a slow process, and I still think private industry would have it online quicker.
