Talk:Arlington Cemetery (Washington Metro)

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[edit] Blue Line service over the bridge

Regarding the following:

In connection with the construction of the Silver Line, it is likely that at least some Blue Line service will be rerouted to the Yellow Line bridge. It is not clear how service will be retained to the Arlington Cemetery station after this switch.

This is not the first time I've heard this, regarding the routing of some Blue Line service over the Fenwick Bridge to Mt. Vernon Square or Greenbelt. We do, however, need a good source for it. I'm giving it a look... SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Best I can find is this Q & A on the Washington Post Web Site:

"Court House, Arlington, Va.: When the Silver Line from Tyson's/Dulles Airport is in service, where will its eastern terminus be? Will riders have to transfer at West Falls Church to continue on into D.C., or will the train follow the Orange/Blue line? Will this only create more overcrowding in the Ballson-Rosslyn corridor? Does this also complicate things for trains going through the Potomac tunnel?

Lyndsey Layton: Hi Court House. The Silver line is being termed an extension of Metro from West Falls Church to the airport, so, no, there is no talk about riders having to transfer at that station to continue to downtown DC. And, yes, this scenario would both add to crowding on the Orange Line and complicate matters at the Rosslyn tunnel. Transit planners say one possible solution is to create a new Blue Line by routing most of today's Blue Line trains inbound from Franconia Springfield onto the Yellow Line. Maybe you'd still run a couple from Franconia-Springfield through to Rosslyn and inbound, but most would run over the Yellow Line."

Here's the link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/03/02/DI2006030201266.html You need to scroll down to get to the quote.

On the other hand, it seems fairly obvious that some blue line service will need to be moved in order to make way for silver line service. And, this will improve service along the Western part of the Blue/Yellow line, since so many people transfer to yellow/avoid blue before pentagon in order to skip the detour through Arlington on the way to Downtown. The only costs of a switch are reduced service to the cemetery and problems for people making some cross-town Blue Line trips through Arlington. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.231.49.48 (talk • contribs) .

Interesting source. I don't know if I'd use it, though, due to its being a bit of a we-don't-know-yet kind of response in itself. I'm sure something will turn up, though. SchuminWeb (Talk) 15:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

One more thing... in either case, though, I think a better place than here for it would be Silver Line (Washington Metro) or Blue Line (Washington Metro). SchuminWeb (Talk) 15:57, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

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