Metropolis, BR. November 4th, 2015
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| The 26 Train on it's last day of surface running at Bay Island. |
Imagine this, 3 new elevated subway lines in the city following Summit Ave, Corlesen Ave & Nicholette Blvd. It may happen, Metropolis Transit says. In the new budget set for 2016-2021, Metropolis Transit is looking forward into the future. While we may not see a train roll over these streets until the mid 2020s, studies are now funded to see the possibilities Metropolis Transit can work with to bring Elevated Rail service these undeserved areas. It's just only 3 of many plans MT has in store for the future of the Metropolinites who ride the system.
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| The 47 will soon see Full Blown Express service. |
Another odd duck plan that stuck many by surprise is the $2 Billion dollar plan to add two brand new express tracks along side the existing 47 track along Ballerman Blvd and the Southwest Corridor. This would be the 3rd rapid transit line in Metropolis to have express service and the second with two track express service behind the Woodland Subway in West Metropolis. Primary Express stations will be Lindsay, Greta Way, Southside, Morganville & Freehold, though MT said it will provision Famous Horse Plaza as a potential future express station if needed in the future. The 26 Boga Island Line in the previous budget was funded a 3 track bridge into Boga Island which might lead to the 4th express service in Metropolis but MT has failed to comment on it.
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| Woodland Subway will have new station at Nicholette Blvd. |
The Woodland Subway is the short but sweet western subway line that came before all the Elevateds. It was suppose to go to the City Line but was cut short at Harmon Station because of The Great Depression. Till this day trains still end at Harmon but the tunnel takes out of service trains to the Georgetown Yard which is located almost a full mile from Harmon and passes the shell of what was suppose to be 53rd St station. While 53rd St will never see the light of day, a new outdoor terminal next to the Gerogetown Yard will be place at the southern foot of Nicholette Blvd & 58th St. The new terminal will have 3 tracks and two platforms for perfect capacity control. Also in the budget, Metropolis Transit will acquire 32 older railcars from Miami-Dade Transit, refurbish them, and put them in Woodland Subway Service. These railcars date back from 1983 and need to be rebuilt.
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| Buses are going Greener. |
Metropolis Transit will receive 230 new Hybrid buses before 2019. Using new fuel saving technology, the buses will save about 20 MPG per trip compared to the low 7 MPG per trip margin of the current Hybird buses in the fleet. This bump of new hybrid buses will cut down the emission in the city by 5%. Another curve ball was testing Natural Gas Buses. A CNG Fueling station will be opened on the grounds of Gretalinn Depot and 20 CNG test fleet buses will be put into a trail service of 90 days. If it passes the test, MT will expand on CNG in the system in order to move away from diesel altogether.
