Dallas Subway Ramp I Apr 2009

Into the new straightened ramp made for the Red and Blue lines in downtown Dallas. A remnant of the old ramp alignment still exist, with the rest topped with grass.

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• Dallas
• light
• rail
• tram
• metro
• subway

[mfastx]

why so slow? are they doing testing or something?

[BitoftheDay]

Some trains slow down if there is already a train ahead of them, especially in rush hours. Otherwise it's a regular run.

[xivinrah]

This is why I hate light rail... Slow as hell. I could get there faster in a car. Light rail is great for mid-sized cities, but terrible for large, sprawling metro areas. Heavy rail systems like WMATA, BART, and MARTA are better suited for cities this size. Why? Top speeds of 70-80 mph and separate elevated/underground railways can get travelers from one end of the city to the next in a few minutes. It would take forever to get across Metro Atlanta on light rail...

[blocpartyband07]

subway my ass, come to Philadelphia...real subways

[jalfredl]

@xivinrah

Thank You!!

I thought i was the only one who felt that way..

[clarkloveselevators]

@JDRiseAgainstTV Yes. The tunnel is what I believe to be 3 miles long? and 15-25 floors underground.

[JDRiseAgainstTV]

@denny906 that isn't a short tunnel! Its long

[denny906]

It's not really a subway but only a light rail that went into an underground tunnel for a short distance.

[fhghggofg]

Wow the maker of this video is stupid those are lrts not subways

[rantanamo]

purely a timing thing. There's likely a train ahead. You can say a lot of things about those train, but they keep a very accurate schedule most of the time

[Chrystal10397]

IDK why it's so slow. i live in the same city they run in, that gets me too.