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Originally Posted by Jasonhouse
They should do 87 now and then do 84B like 5 years later. 84B would obviously need to tunnel under the convention center and connect with the existing blue and red line station at the CC, and then continue southward and interline with the blue and the red just southeast of the CC.
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I wish DART had the financial resources to build two more light rail corridors through downtown Dallas in the next 5 years, but it doesn't. DART only has the funds for one. After building the one new downtown corridor, DART will not have capital funds for more new light rail corridors until 2027, and with the economy ill this year, probably much later than 2027.
The Red & Blue lines already have a station under the Convention Center at grade level. It's impossible, even with the maximum 6% grade, to lower the rails in less than two blocks reach a station under the proposed Convention Center Hotel. And if it did, there's no way to get back to the Red and Blue lines heading north without reversing directions. The new Green & Orange lines are planned to eventually use the new downtown light rail corridor while the Red & Blue lines will remain on the old corridor. The Red & Blue line trains could interline with the Green & Orange line trains at the at grade wye between Union and Victory Stations and at the at grade wyes near the Deep Ellum station. The rail line with the most riders today, which would support interlined trains (meaning it could use more trains on it), is the Red line northern leg.