More Weekend Work To Come Following Last Weekend's Mess

Metropolis, BR. April 22 2014.

Instead of shuttle bussing, a trolley was used.

Last weekend, Metropolis Transit's Route 39 & 47 elevated lines were affected by overhead wire work in the area of Sunflower Park. When this happen twice in 2013, the 39 was completely suspended and shuttle bused.  However this time around, the 39 was kept running in a continuous clockwise loop around downtown with a shuttle trolley picking up passengers at Isle Glass Tower and taking them to Exhibition Hall via Rt 66 and Rt 21 tracks. The shuttles were never scheduled properly and missed connections ticked off riders and operators of the 39 line. Meanwhile, the 47 was rerouted to Exhibition Hall without a hitch. Passengers were upset that they had to board another bus and trolley to get to FOSAL Park but the connections seemed to be better timed then the fiasco on the 39.

Reliving 2011-2012 in elevated form, the 47 was rerouted to Exhibition Hall.

 Unlike the crazy experiment performed on the 39, the 47 going to Exhibition Hall isn't new. During the elevated railway construction that converted the 47 trolley to the elevated line, trolleys were rerouted to Exhibition Hall because FOSAL Park elevated station's construction destroyed the loop that was there for Rts 43 & 47 and a station house was built in the right-of-way at Waves Avenue.  Of course this time around it's an elevated running on Rt 39 tracks and stopping at it's stations.

A Rt 47 Train at the recently rebuilt Freed Springs station. A 39 Line station. 

More weekend work is expected later on as the warmer months come and the system recovers from a rather brutal winter. May 3-4th will see closures of the Woodland Subway's Express Service, and the Route 26 Line from Boga Bay to Boga Island prompting a Ferry shuttle. May 10-11th will spell week 1 of the Old Gardens curve reconstruction. Many trolley lines will be affected. May 17-18th will see the same trolley closures.  The construction of the curve is expected to completely suspend service for the Memorial Day weekend.