BuddSilverliner269 wrote:Septa has wanted to get rid of the Media yard for a very long time. Its not very big and Septa would like to be able to store more cars then what Media yard can handle.They also want to rid of the yard when the Wawa extension opens because they want to expand parking. Parking in Media is limited and Media itself it getting annoyed with people parking illegally on city streets.Once the Wawa extension opens, train storage will be at Lenni and even after Lenni opens, it will just be for car storage, not for heavy maintanence.
Hmm, I like the expanding in parking, having been one of those illegal parkers, but I wonder what will happen to Media-bound trains. I've ridden trains that have terminated and originated in Media. I rode a train home that pulled into the tracks next to the parking lot for a layover. I assume that Media-originating trains come from those tracks. When SEPTA reconfigure the tracks in Media, will they keep a layover track or will the end of the Media yard mean the end of trains that originate and end in Media? Or is my assumption about Media-originating trains laying over wrong?
Anyone know anything about how many cars SEPTA is hoping Lenni yard can store?
greenej wrote:I think the project timeline was impacted by Middletown Township and uncertainty about adjacent land development, which was to provide access to the Baltimore Pike.
Correct. We Middletown-ers wanted nothing to do with the original town center plan on the Franklin Mint site, train station or not.