65 Riders, You Are Now Screwed. No El Service To Blue Beach Til' June.

April 23th, 2016. Metropolis, BR.

65 Trains Will Be Stopping Short For 2 Months at Bay of Silence Instead of Blue Beach.

In almost the same level of the botched Lindsay Blitz Project which forced riders of Metropolis's third busiest elevated rapid transit line on buses for half the route just to reconfigure the tracks and platform at one station, the 65 Elevated Line is now about to drop the ball for 2 months while they tear down and rebuild Blue Beach Terminal into a new Multi-modal transit center and a connection to the Trees Avenue Subway. Passnegers will be forced onto buses and the 36 Bus Line most likely will feel the brunt of this closure.

Blue Beach Transfer Will Never Look Like This Again.

The current station, know as Blue Beach Transfer, will be completely torn down. First the 65 elevated section will be the first to be torn down, followed by the 22 & 26 Platforms. The 65 will terminate short at Bay of Silence while a shuttle bus runs in a giant loop around Bay of Silence, Ran Mourie Plaza and Blue Beach and back to Bay of Silence in that order. Passengers wishing to go to Blue Beach must alight at Ran Mourie Plaza since the next station following is Blue Beach. This move is already criticized due to the launch failure of The Linday Blitz. MT was in bus shortage at the time and they tried to pull off the shuttle busing with limited service. It failed so bad, Great Grundolf Transportation lent Metropolis Transit buses for the duration of the "Blitz". Blue Beach Terminal would be different, buses running more frequently due to the importance of this project.

Borrowing Buses Isn't Happening This Time. 

Since The Lindsay Blitz in in November-December 2014, Metropolis Transit has received 25 new Hybrid Electric Articulated Buses which will be used for the The Blue Beach Blitz. 100 new Clean Diesel Articulated Buses and 40 Trackless Trolley Articulated Buses are also now part of the fleet giving Metropolis Transit more options for shuttle busing. While there was no bill to run the Great Grundolf Tranportation buses, MT is pay off insurance for a tornado damaged GGT bus from the January 2015 Southwest Tornado who destroyed the bus. The Blue Beach Blitz will not effect the 22 & 26 Line.

Fashion Week 2016 Was A Success For Metropolis Transit And City Despite Subway Construction.

Metropolis, BR. April 5th 2016.

A packed Ran Mourie Depot Night Before Fashion Week.

Fashion Week in Metropolis is a very busy time since 25 fashion shows go on at The Interfair Convention Center on the edge of Midtown Metropolis. Some of the world's best fashion designers come together to show off the latest trends. Metropolis Transit was return the favor in their latest trend of service upgrades that boosted revenue 30% during Fashion Week. Bus lines in the area who had nearby terminals were rerouted to terminate in front of The Interfair while Metropolis Connector Trolleys ran the Blue & Purple Loops at rush hour frequencies most of the week. The 79 Express and S2 Express were running almost at all times as well, switching direction shortly after 1 PM. The 5 & 82 trolleys were extended into the island of Metropolis terminating at Exhibition Hall and Bay of Silence respectively. This brought both trolley within a block or two of The Interfair itself.

The Trees Avenue Subway Construction Didn't Hamper Ridership.

Right next to The Interfair Convention Center at 50 feet below Trees Avenue, a brand new subway station is being built for the extension of the 22 & 26 Elevated Lines from Blue Beach Transfer. The street is made up of a temporary bridge structure out of wood and concrete to allow the subway tunnel and station to be built. The construction didn't hamper ridership or hurt sales at the fashion shows despite what many residents and officials feared. Fashion Week was actually the opposite, gaining a 12% boost than last year. Interfair Avenue is expected to be paved over again in September 2016 and construction impacts on the subway line will dramatically lessen. There is plans for a direct entrance into the Interfair for the subway station.

Metropolis Transit Concludes Study on City Line Blvd Subway Line. Favors The Plan.

Metropolis BR, April 5th, 2016.

City Line Subway Would Start At Pecan Valley. 

Metropolis Transit finally concludes a study for a new subway line under City Line Blvd and Greig Street as well as an extension of the 47 Line to Pecan Valley. This study launched in 2013 as part of the 2010-2015 Move Forward Plan. The City Line Blvd Subway would begin from Pecan Valley on a new elevated structure that would run over the existing N trolley line along side an extended 47 Elevated line to Grieg Street where it would run underground in a tunnel under Grieg Street to Greta Way where it will either run in a open trench in the median or as an elevated to a new City Line Park And Ride Station at Woodland Avenue. The current Woodland Subway extension to City Line and Metropolis Int'l Airport is now underway and would meet up with the City Line Subway at such point. They favored the plan are looking at how much the line will cost. If proven successful, it will be eventually extended to the Airport as well on a separate right-of-way.