Another NRT news... (potential curfew reduction)
Feb 11, 2019, 7:20 am
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The bottleneck is the tunnel into the terminal complex, which only has two tracks (one for Keisei and one for JR; they can't share tracks because they have very different gauges). They would have to dig a new one, and unless you also double-tracked the T2 station you would just be moving the bottleneck closer to the airport. Pretty pricey for a marginal improvement.
Feb 11, 2019, 1:04 pm
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The bottleneck is the tunnel into the terminal complex, which only has two tracks (one for Keisei and one for JR; they can't share tracks because they have very different gauges). They would have to dig a new one, and unless you also double-tracked the T2 station you would just be moving the bottleneck closer to the airport. Pretty pricey for a marginal improvement.
Feb 11, 2019, 1:33 pm
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