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Re: A few snaps of MTA Maryland Subway |
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Posted by Sand Box John on Wed Feb 7 01:56:08 2007, in response to Re: A few snaps of MTA Maryland Subway, posted by Red Line to Glenmont on Mon Feb 5 11:34:23 2007. I'd say the "A" train is one line with 2 branches at its southern/eastern end, and a third branch during rush hours. This corresponds to the Baltimore Light Rail have one line, with two northern branches (one very short), and two southern branches (about equal in length).Allow me to pick some nits. One can use the terms branch and route interchangeably. I generally don’t. There are two of the routes that radiate from a zero mile post (also known as a zero chaining point). I don’t know where the zero point is, however I would hazard it’s somewhere in the vicinity of Camden Station. The branches as you call them, are routes in of themselves. Their zero chaining point may or may not be at the same location near Camden Station. When I got my copy of Peter Dougherty "Tracks of the New York City Subway" I was intrigued as to how the various segments of the system were identified the number of routes, their end and beginning points, it’s elegances and simplicity. No wonder WMATA and bart adopted a near identical system of identifying location points in their systems. On the Baltimore Light Rail there are two lines operated over the four routes. Down in WMATA land there are five lines operated over ten routes. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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