[PRCo] Re: Fw: [Weyrich_Transit] FW: Trouble in Pittsburgh - Route 52

[John Swindler]

>Derrick mentioned:
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>It is nice to travel in other cities, but only New York and Stockholm have
>been frequent enough that I just don't care. My wife is in DC this
>weekend, and she reports the Metro blue line's frequency Saturdays is low
>enough that she would have walked if she knew. And I've waited 15 minutes
>for a number 1 in New York during rush hour (but I assume it was held up).
>


Blue Line and Yellow Line service was erratic over the weekend due to 
trackwork in vicinity of King St. station in Alexandria.  Otherwise, 
normally every 12 minutes on Saturday with 6 minute headway on combined Blue 
and Orange Line section between Rosslyn and Stadium-Armory.

We had a -0- min. wait for Blue Line train at King St. on way home:  Figured 
we'd take the waiting blue line train, even if not direct route, rather then 
wait for a Yellow Line train that could arrive ???????   By the way, the 
tageskarte is now $7.  (Fred III will understand <g>)

John, transit tour guide



>Anyway, I suppose the service is not much worse in Trafford than it was
>before Lincoln Coach turned the screws to Pittsburgh Railways, at least on
>weekdays. I'd rather have a streetcar, but I'm not holding my breath.
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