Talk:Orange Line (MDT)

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[edit] "Orange Line"

Where did the name "Orange Line" come from? It could have just as easily been the blue line or the red line? Is there a specific place that says it's to be called the Orange Line? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Comayagua99 (talk • contribs) 23:02:55, August 18, 2007 (UTC).

  • That was the name that appears on the Miami-Dade Transit site. Officially the existing Metrorail is the Green Line; originally (~1984), the proposed Orange Line extended from FIU along Dolphin Expressway to Miami Orange Bowl, then Government Center, Port of Miami, and South Beach. B.Wind (talk) 04:54, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  • I was fortunate enough to see a planning map about a decade ago. The proposed extension along SR 9 was the red line, a proposed line along SR 94 was the yellow line, an extension along the current South Dade Busway was the blue line. I don't remember the color of the line that was proposed to go along Biscayne Boulevard. B.Wind (talk) 05:03, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Former stations

Any chance that this line is going to stop at some former Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line or Florida East Coast Railroad stations? ---- DanTD 15:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Not Metrorail. All new Metrorail stations are being built from scratch, as did the first set. Now, if Tri-Rail is extended along the FEC rail (and there are proposals to do just that), it would be more likely in Broward or Palm Beach County than in Miami-Dade as FEC was (and is) primarily a freight service. B.Wind (talk) 04:58, 29 March 2008 (UTC)