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Old 07-17-2016, 09:05 AM
 
Location: Jersey City
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I'm not sure if either the MTA or Septa owns the tracks between Perryville to Newark, DE.
Amtrak owns them.
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Old 07-17-2016, 11:36 AM
 
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Denver now has commuter rail to DIA (airport) with 3 other lines going on-line in the next year or so. Denver's system is unique because it is the only city outside the East Coast and Chicago that is electrified (S.F. and then LA plan to join the electrified commuter rail party in the near future)... Denver's lines, though, are mostly short, with the new, up-and-running DIA line, at 23 miles, being the longest, and the 6-mile Westminster line being the shortest (though the long term plan is to extend this service 30+ miles to Boulder and beyond, but the funding won't be there for some time for this).

Denver's commuter rail system also meshes with it's greatly expanded LRT system which has lines of up to 18 miles long itself.
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Old 07-17-2016, 03:55 PM
 
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Toronto has commuter rail all the way to Kitchener, which is beyond the exurbs and into another metro area.
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Old 07-17-2016, 05:58 PM
 
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La does.
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Old 07-17-2016, 06:16 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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SEPTA reaches the exburbs in most directions: http://www.septa.org/site/images/700.jpg

There use to be more lines though up until the 80s': http://66.media.tumblr.com/f045c0f67...c4oo1_1280.jpg
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Old 07-17-2016, 08:16 PM
 
Location: New York Area
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( Toronto is located on the shores of Lake Ontario, so no routes to the south. ).
I'm sure that Wynn-er of a Premier could find the money to extend rail service over Lake Ontario to Rochester, to replace the on-and-off ferry services that financially (not literally since we're talking about ships) go under periodically.
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Old 07-17-2016, 08:19 PM
 
Location: Berwick, Penna.
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SEPTA reaches the exburbs in most directions:

There use to be more lines though up until the 80s': http://66.media.tumblr.com/f045c0f67...c4oo1_1280.jpg
Those were the days!
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Old 07-17-2016, 10:11 PM
 
Location: Austin,Tx
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Austin has Commuter rail to Cedar Park

Riding MetroRail - Capital Metro - Austin Public Transit
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Old 07-17-2016, 10:44 PM
 
Location: Jersey City
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Pick an exurb, any exurb:

http://65.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb...c4oo1_1280.jpg
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Old 07-18-2016, 09:43 AM
 
Location: The City
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cool map


shame they don't also have the Septa lines on this
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