Your city's rail system. Ridership, expansions, pictures! (construction, green, money)

[Infamous92]

Originally Posted by waronxmas

Gotta love the fact that the rail network of the New York Metro takes four posts to explain

Seven posts but who's counting lol.

As you can see the NYC area's rail system is very big and I left out Airtrain JFK, AirTrain Newark, Newark City subway, among others .

This goes more in depth of NYC's transportation systems:
Transportation in New York City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

And here's the map all together (immediate NYC area only):

[ffknight918]

DC has the Metro. It's the second busiest rapid transit system in the nation behind NYC's subway.

Daily Ridership: 801,400
Length: 106.3 miles
Stations: 86

Here's a current map of the Metro:


The Silver Line is currently under construction and the Purple Line is finishing up the planning:


Pic of Metro:


These are the new street cars that DC has. They are laying the tracks down now:



I was actually just at a Metro training facility today practicing for fires or special rescues with the Metro. Here's a nice tribute video(documentary) that was released this week for the DCFD. We had a Metro crash this past summer that you probably heard of. 9 dead and almost 100 injured.
D.C. Fire & EMS Documentary: Metro Crash | ABC 7 News Video

[waronxmas]

For all the rail nuts out there, here is the best website for information about city rail service:

UrbanRail.Net > America > All American Subway, Metrorail and Subte Systems

Here's the list of cities by their primary system. (In no particular order):

Heavy Rail Service (Subway):

1. New York City
2. Boston
3. Chicago
4. Washington D.C.
5. Newark
6. Philadelphia
7. Atlanta
8. Miami
9. Los Angeles
10. Cleveland
11. San Francisco
12. Baltimore

Light Rail (including street car systems):

1. Buffalo
2. Charlotte
3. Dallas
4. Denver
5. Detroit
6. Houston
7. Jacksonville
8. Las Vegas
9. Minneapolis/St. Paul
10. Phoenix
11. Pittsburgh
12. Portland
13. Sacramento
14. St. Louis
15. Salt Lake City
16. San Diego
17. San José
18. Seattle

Sadly enough, I think Los Angeles will be the last subway system built in America...unless the federal government or some deep pocketed company steps in

[OyCrumbler]

NYC also has a few expansions on the way.

Most notably the 2nd Avenue subway (which has been on the way more or less for the past several decades):



And though it isn't a rail line, it should be noted that Staten Island does have a public transit ferry operated by the same agency running to and from Manhattan.

[lammius]

The 2nd Ave Subway is under construction and will be open next decade (hopefully). Other rail projects in the region of note:

ARC rail tunnel between NJ and Penn Station (under construction)
East Side Access tunnel for LIRR to Grand Central (under construction)
JFK Rail Link from Lower Manhattan (on hold indefinitely)
Extension of the 7 Subway to Hudson Yds (on hold)
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail extension to 8th Street in Bayonne (under construction)
Newark-Elizabeth Rail Link (planning, on-hold)
Northern Branch Light Rail (EIS)
Cross-Harbor Freight Rail Tunnel between Jersey City and Brooklyn (EIS)
Lackawanna NJT Rail Extension (EIS)
West Trenton Line commuter rail service (planning)
Meadowlands Rail Spur (recently completed)
Extension of commuter rail in CT to Westerly, RI and to Springfield, MA (EIS)
42nd Street Light Rail (a dream)
Reactivation of Red Hook Streetcars (planning)
North Shore Staten Island Light Rail (planning)

And lots of new stations, station renovations/overhauls, etc. Some of the more notables include:
Fulton Street Station
WTC PATH Station
Harrison PATH Station


The Staten Island Ferry is actually not operated by the same agency. The MTA operates subways, buses, LIRR and MNR. The SI Ferry is operated by NYCDOT, the agency responsible for the city's streets, bike lanes, etc.

I also like the Roosevelt Island Tramway: world.nycsubway.org/Around New York/Roosevelt Island Tramway

There have been proposals to develop a more modern tramway between South Ferry and Governors Island, and continuing to Red Hook, Brooklyn: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...gondola583.jpg
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...s/gov.span.jpg

[waronxmas]

^The 2nd Avenue line hasn't been under construction for a few decades, it's going on 90 years now.

51st State Infrastructure ~ Timeline: The Greatest Subway New York Never Built | Blueprint America

[lammius]

Originally Posted by waronxmas

^The 2nd Avenue line hasn't been under construction for a few decades, it's going on 90 years now.

51st State Infrastructure ~ Timeline: The Greatest Subway New York Never Built | Blueprint America

Construction resumed again in 2007 and is on-going.

[Pop m]

Thanks for the photos

[CityPerson09]

Originally Posted by ladarron

DART today-2013 (Dallas)



DART future 2013-2030

DART is something that San Antonio should be looking at as a model to follow.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by cityboi757

Norfolk, Virginia. Light Rail Transit. Projected ridership: 6,000-12,000.Expansion to the Oceanfront of Virginia Beach underway.

Nice! Thanks for posting. I work in public transportation in NYC and I occasionally attend training courses with people from transit agencies in other parts of the country. It's interesting to me to see what else is out there.