Submitted by RoughRhinos t3_11az70a in philadelphia
kilometr t1_j9z5ug6 wrote
Reply to comment by fungi_blastbeat in SEPTA approves $125 million for KOP rail project’s final design by RoughRhinos
I was at a SEPTA meeting a couple years ago and asked why can’t they connect the BSL to the R6, and possibly the two chestnut hill lines in north Philly through a new tunnel. They have the extra track north of walnut locust to handle increased transit down there.
A couple SEPTA workers were honest with me afterwards and said they have thought about that for decades but it would fought very strongly by locals to regional rail stations. There’s an increase in crime/loitering around subway stations in the city that you don’t get at regional rail stations. To convert such stations would involve so much pushback it won’t be an easy project. But on the other hand the amount of money and effort they’re putting into this it could’ve gotten it done if redirected.
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