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Old 06-02-2010, 08:54 AM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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What's the difference between Houston's light rail and commuter rail?
What do you mean?
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Old 06-02-2010, 12:49 PM
 
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im calling it now, if the light and commuter rail do happen houston will become a world class city
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Old 06-02-2010, 02:27 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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What's the difference between Houston's light rail and commuter rail?
Light Rail is used to connect much of the inner city districts with each other. Like everything inside of loop 610 or Beltway 8 and such. It's used primarily for inner city.
Commuter Rail is used to connect the city to it's suburbs, and to the other big cities in the metropolitan area like Galveston. Commuter Rail is to ease traffic for long drives like Sugar Land to Galveston and things like that. It's very convenient.

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im calling it now, if the light and commuter rail do happen houston will become a world class city
It's not a question of "whether they do happen", they are happening to Houston.
The city isn't going to abandon these plans, they already have the funding for it. And Phase II is under construction as we speak, it will be done in 2012.
Phase III will start construction in 2015 and be done in 2018. And commuter rail will be brought in between Phase II and Phase III.
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Old 06-02-2010, 04:52 PM
 
Location: like the movie, "The Village"
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Light Rail is used to connect much of the inner city districts with each other. Like everything inside of loop 610 or Beltway 8 and such. It's used primarily for inner city.
Commuter Rail is used to connect the city to it's suburbs, and to the other big cities in the metropolitan area like Galveston. Commuter Rail is to ease traffic for long drives like Sugar Land to Galveston and things like that. It's very convenient.



It's not a question of "whether they do happen", they are happening to Houston.
The city isn't going to abandon these plans, they already have the funding for it. And Phase II is under construction as we speak, it will be done in 2012.
Phase III will start construction in 2015 and be done in 2018. And commuter rail will be brought in between Phase II and Phase III.
When will the rail connect to the airports? That is when Houston would even begin to be considered as a world class city.
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Old 06-02-2010, 04:54 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX/Chicago, IL/Houston, TX/Washington, DC
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When will the rail connect to the airports? That is when Houston would even begin to be considered as a world class city.
I believe the construction for that will fall under Phase III Light Rail expansion.
The construction for Phase III begins 2015 and is projected to finish around 2018 or so.
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Old 06-02-2010, 05:20 PM
 
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Light Rail is used to connect much of the inner city districts with each other. Like everything inside of loop 610 or Beltway 8 and such. It's used primarily for inner city.
Commuter Rail is used to connect the city to it's suburbs, and to the other big cities in the metropolitan area like Galveston. Commuter Rail is to ease traffic for long drives like Sugar Land to Galveston and things like that. It's very convenient.
Thanks for that information. Do you know the mph for the commuter rail?
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Old 06-11-2010, 07:53 PM
 
Location: Tampa
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I believe the construction for that will fall under Phase III Light Rail expansion.
The construction for Phase III begins 2015 and is projected to finish around 2018 or so.
got any links on phase 3?

and, not to start a flamewar, but how will metrorail compare to dart?
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Old 06-11-2010, 08:02 PM
 
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and, not to start a flamewar, but how will metrorail compare to dart?
I'd say quite comparable in the inner city, not so much on service to the suburbs.
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Old 06-11-2010, 08:39 PM
 
Location: Tampa
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Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

METRO currently operates one light rail line, called the Red Line. Four other lines were to be completed by the 2012, but current funding issues have dropped the number to an extended Red Line and two of the original four.


Is this still the case?
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Old 06-11-2010, 09:01 PM
 
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Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

METRO currently operates one light rail line, called the Red Line. Four other lines were to be completed by the 2012, but current funding issues have dropped the number to an extended Red Line and two of the original four.


Is this still the case?

Well, the northern line really was more or less an extension of the Red Line from the start. All four are still in the plans but funding has only been secured for two.

I'd have sooner they figured out how to get the University line done before any of them.
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