Originally Posted by
dhuey
Yeah, I get it. Your Metro is very similar to our Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). It's something of a hybrid of an urban subway system and regional train lines. Not designed to include express trains.
its just about identical..same design company. The difference is in the modernization of systems.
BART has gone out farther into the suburbs. DC metro has more commuter trains from farther out areas.
on VA side you have commuter trains from Fredericksburg and manassas. Fredericksburg is same distance as San Jose. On Maryland..there are 2 train lines parallel 95 to Baltimore. And another thst run from martinsburg, WV to Frederick to DC and this has 2 different routes. Martinsburg is about the same as Sacramento in distance
in the future another line is going to open that is the first suburb to suburb line in Maryland outside the beltway.
the area seemed to not do a good job of long term planning. Had theyfrom the start they could have built lines to reach 10 miles outside the beltway. Now it’s very cost prohibitive to do this.