the rail unions were violent saboteurs during the 70s when threatened with downsizing, it took a very careful and dedicated effort by management to bring them to heel
curious: what is your experience with urban, suburban, and intercity transit "done right"
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Urban: Market Street BART and NYC subway on their good days. There's a subway stop every 8 blocks, which unfortunately stops the train, so they don't make much forward progress, but I'm also not walking all that much, and the trains are every 5-10 at worst.
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ngl that kind of stop spacing is a bit too close imo, half-mile minimum is a good rule of thumb
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In Manhattan, they're every 4, but then the express is every 25, so...
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right, but even where the stop spacing is adequate, you still want to have local/express variations in service
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Of course, that requires digging 4 tunnels, which is really expensive unless you're doing cut-and-cover and also requires a rather wide right-of-way.
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you can run four tracks in a single tunnel if you're so inclined, and there's no rule stipulating that such a thing must be underground, but more to the point: you can run high frequency express and local service variants on a two-track line if a few stations on it have 4 tracks
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heck, the stations part is optional if the overall line isn't too long
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That's basically called Caltrain and that exact service pattern coupled with the state banning level boarding for wheelchairs was why I had a 52 minute gap between trains in the mornings.
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