But Boston already has the T and it's not like Tokyo Metro. (It also felt quite run down when I was on it.)
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon
Not sure how this contradicts anything I said in prev tweet
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Replying to @380kmh
You can't really get a cheap Boston Crossrail by sticking MBTA commuter trains in T tunnels. Nor IMHO would you want to. And nor would you want to go to Providence on a subway like train.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon
You would certainly want subway-like *frequencies* to go to Providence, though, and what about the vast majority of commuter rail stops which are much closer to Boston than that?
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Replying to @380kmh @uncriticalsimon
Obviously you can't stick *current* commuter trains into the tunnels, which is why I said at the outset that this sort of improvement involves new commuter trains.
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Replying to @380kmh
Depends what you mean by "subway like frequencies". Certainly not 36 an hour!
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon
To the best of my knowledge there are no frequencies that high anywhere on the T...even in Tokyo: Odakyu only recently moved up to 36 an hour (from 24) and that's on a 4-track line! But the current frequency is around 1 or 2 an hour, and there's a lot of room between 1 and 36
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Replying to @380kmh
The Victoria line is now 36 (at peak), I believe. With two tracks.
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Replying to @uncriticalsimon
The busiest subway line in Tokyo (Marunouchi Line) peaks at 33 trains per hour iirc. I don't know of any that go higher than that, but I may be forgetting something. Moscow Metro tops out at 40 per hour (90 second headways)
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Replying to @380kmh
Admittedly these are short (133 metres) and small trains. Not full size as in Tokyo.
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Marunouchi Line is also kind of short by Tokyo standards if memory serves--platforms aren't as long as on other routes
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Replying to @380kmh
Tube trains always have been short. And the Vic was built during a 1960s economy drive.
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