What would the equivalent MD purple line look like for Septa?

Can you imagine riders on the 102 heading to the airport with luggage? Would there be room for that on a modern vehicle?

Quinn wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 10:18 am Can you imagine riders on the 102 heading to the airport with luggage? Would there be room for that on a modern vehicle?

I have carried roller luggage on a LRV/trolley vehicle before in Europe. It is possible to do so. Minneapolis has a LRV serving the airport along with Salt Lake City. So to answer your question. Yes but both the 102 and NHSL needs new vehicles.

Quinn wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 10:18 am Can you imagine riders on the 102 heading to the airport with luggage? Would there be room for that on a modern vehicle?

Wouldn’t most passengers still use the Airport line?
Most riders of 102 Airport extension would be Airport workers.

True; it's easy to forget that lots of people go to the airport and back every day, and not to catch a plane. And many business travelers are on a one-day out-and-back trip and may be carrying nothing but a briefcase and a laptop. In any case, many airport rail services sacrifice a little onboard space for luggage. Connections with the 102 at 69th St. and Drexel Hill Jct. would open up a lot of the western suburbs to the airport without going through Center City.