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- From: b_nbca@icarus.lbl.gov (Bruce Nordman)
- Newsgroups: ba.transportation
- Subject: Re: Dumbarton rail bridge was Re: SPUR meeting on SF Transbay Terminal
- Date: 26 Jan 1993 02:20:47 GMT
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- In article <C1FGw4.KvD@telebit.com>, bjork@telebit.com (Steven Bjork) writes:
- |> The Dumbarton line is already owned by JPB as part of the
- |> deal for the Peninsula line, trackage rights to Gilroy,
- |> and sale of the Vasona and Moffett branches.
-
- << completely idle speculation follows >>
-
- How 'bout retrofitting the Dumbarton line so that busses, as well
- as trains, could run on it? Maybe it could speed up the DB bus
- (which I've only taken off-rush-hours). If it got enough traffic
- then it could help make the case for (re)starting rail routes.
- I've been wondering about this in other circumstances, such as
- for the BayLink idea, to allow busses, as well as trains, on the
- rail line, to help sell it.
-
- << end of idle speculation >>
-
- Bruce Nordman
- B_Nordman@lbl.gov
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