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.

Ridership Boom May Bring 8-Car Trains and more to the 65

Metropolis, BR. April 16th 2014

Some 65 Elevated stations have space for 8 car trains.

The 65 Elevated Railway line is a short but busy reminder that Metropolis is a busheling city that needs to transport people around. The train tackles the core of the Midtown and Downtown districts of Metropolis Island as well a being a vital link for Boga Island residents who have to transfer at Blue Beach from 26 trains. Recently, ridership number have been soaring. So much so, the Night Bat shuttle buses that replaces service at night runs two articulated or "bendy" buses back to back to transport the night club crowds. The city is making a proposal to Metropolis Transit to run 8 car trains at all times, and even considering overnight "Bat" service. 

65 Train as seen from the Consedux Bridge. 

The 65 currently runs 6 cars like most Metropolis Elevated Railway trains but unlike the other lines, even the much longer and far reaching 47 Line, the 65 is becoming crowed. Many passengers let the train go during rush hour or take the 43 or 61 trolleys to avoid the crowed rush hour trains. The problem is a few of the station including the major Isle Glass Tower station in the Downtown Loop do not have long enough platforms to hold 8 car train citing the 6 car limit on all lines. Metropolis Transit says if they are properly funded they will be happy to make the necessary changes to make the 65 an 8 car Line. The city of Metropolis agrees, while they are in talks with the state Treasury department to secure funding for upgrades.

Overnight Busing may come to an end. 

Another push for the 65 is the extension of overnight rail service instead of busing the line every night. This comes as ridership on Night Bat buses skyrocketed when a new condo complex along Waves Avenue opened. The night club scene in Metropolis is also ever expanding especially in Midtown. The 65 recently has been using 6 cars at all times to hold ridership. TWU269 and Metropolis Transit will meet about it in the coming days. For one thing though, overnight service on the 65 is more possible the 8 car service since it boils down to union talks at that point.