jonnhrr wrote:Did the CBTC for routes 101/102 complete and have their been any improvements in operation as a result?New crossovers installed at Woodland, Scenic and Providence but they're clamped and OOS.
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jonnhrr wrote:Did the CBTC for routes 101/102 complete and have their been any improvements in operation as a result?New crossovers installed at Woodland, Scenic and Providence but they're clamped and OOS.
mcgrath618 wrote:http://septa.org/rebuilding/pdf/novembe ... update.pdfThey are. Also I believe the Wawa island platform extends across the US 1 overpass and the current bridge wouldn't be able to accommodate that.
According to this, the crossing at Lenni should be finished by now. I had no idea that the bridge over Route 1 had to be replaced; hopefully that's a sign that they're at least considering a return to West Chester.
he King of Prussia Rail Project has reached two milestones within the month.Things seem to be moving along.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Board has approved a contract to advance further engineering of the KOP Rail extension of the Norristown High Speed Line. The selected consultant team is led by HNTB, an infrastructure solutions firm serving public and private owners and contractors.
The contract scope encompasses the detailed preliminary design work, including surveying and utility and geotechnical investigations. This will progress the engineering and architectural design from the conceptual Locally Preferred Alternative, completing 15 percent of the total design. This design work is able to progress and is fully funded with existing federal funds already allocated to the project.
Additionally, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission released a new study earlier this month that explores the local land use and transportation implications of the proposed extension of SEPTA’s Norristown High Speed Line to the King of Prussia area.
ekt8750 wrote:Drove through Wawa over the weekend and all of the land in the area of the station has been completely cleared. All that remains is the old overpass over Baltimore Pike which is supposed to come down soon.Is the overpass being replaced due to age or will WCRR be totally landlocked?
glennk419 wrote:It will indeed be replaced.ekt8750 wrote:Drove through Wawa over the weekend and all of the land in the area of the station has been completely cleared. All that remains is the old overpass over Baltimore Pike which is supposed to come down soon.Is the overpass being replaced due to age or will WCRR be totally landlocked?
glennk419 wrote:It'll be replaced. The new station's platform will extend over the new bridge.ekt8750 wrote:Drove through Wawa over the weekend and all of the land in the area of the station has been completely cleared. All that remains is the old overpass over Baltimore Pike which is supposed to come down soon.Is the overpass being replaced due to age or will WCRR be totally landlocked?
glennk419 wrote:Interesting. ThanksYou brought up the WCRR. There's a rumor circulating around that if SEPTA won't look seriously into restoring service to West Chester, the WCRR will run some sort of service from Wawa into town.
mcgrath618 wrote:Doubtful without significant upgrade to the track; its currently FRA excepted meaning no passengers allowed. I can't speak for WCRR's track beyond Glen Mills but its in deplorable shape between Wawa and Glen Mills, especially along the quarry. That section is what killed the ballast trains running several years back.glennk419 wrote:Interesting. ThanksYou brought up the WCRR. There's a rumor circulating around that if SEPTA won't look seriously into restoring service to West Chester, the WCRR will run some sort of service from Wawa into town.
JeffK wrote:The elephant* in the room of course is the current administration which opposes the entire New Starts program. Much is riding on Congress being willing to put up more-balanced funding.I think you're downplaying the problem. The US DOT has been holding back on giving money to projects that have already been allocated funding found here: http://t4america.org/transitfundingdelays/. The latest out of the FTA is that
*Symbolism intentional
The FY 2019 proposal limits funding for the CIG Program to projects with existing full funding grant agreements. For the remaining projects in the CIG program, FTA is not requesting or recommending funding. Future investments in new transit projects would be funded by the localities that use and benefit from these localized projects.This is pulled from their page which can be located here: https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.d ... report.pdf