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Transferred data from Capital -- Peter Horn 23:17, 9 March 2006 (UTC) Metropolitan Transportation Authority to Capital Metro Commuter Rail. Make that Capital Metro Commuter Rail/Temp.-- Peter Horn 23:22, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
How did they get approval to run the light-weight Stadler DMUs on existing freight tracks? Have they been given an exemption from the usual weight requirements, or is there some sort of time separation? David Arthur ( talk) 20:00, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
The system uses diesel railcars, and by the schedules it looks like it runs rather frequently. It also shares similarities with Denver's LRT system in using dedicated, high speed right-of-way, as well as street running as I can see from the pictures. Shouldn't this, then, be considered a LRT system rather than a commuter train? WaltBren ( talk) 21:15, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
Seems a little strange that this was included in ridership projections, because there's no stop anywhere near it... AnonMoos ( talk) 01:06, 22 July 2014 (UTC)
How fast does this brand new high tech "commuter rail" train go? By the looks I was guessing less than 60 m.p.h. According to this, FRA set the max speed at 60, but this was published before operations began. B137 ( talk) 22:29, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
The speed limit of the tracks generally increases the further away from downtown you get. The speed on the street-running section in downtown is 15 mph, but increases to 30 mph once you’re out of the center of downtown, then increases to 50 mph, and once you get out past Howard station, the speed limit varies from 40-60 mph. The FRA wasn’t used to using lightweight Stadler GTWs on rail lines in the US, because this system was only the 2nd system to use GTWs in the US. Thus they limited the maximum speed to 60 mph for safety concerns. I assume now that Stadler has gotten a much bigger presence in the US, the FRA will probably lift that restriction and allow Capital Metro to run the trains at higher speeds. Capital Metro originally wanted to run trains at 75 mph in the suburbs, but they can’t do that yet due to the FRA. They are just finishing up installation of PTC on this line, so maybe that’ll allow them to run trains faster. OTravels2004 ( talk) 22:34, 18 August 2020 (UTC)
I noticed some of the paragraphs pertaining to expansions of the rail change tense in a way that can make it hard to understand which expansions are being proposed/in progress/or otherwise abandoned. Specifically, the sections related to the MoKan corridor tend to be inconsistent. Also, I feel like the section on the Gateway expansion should be expanded upon. At present it is an unjustifiably vague, run-on sentence that does little to educate or inform anybody on what this expansion entails. Finally, we might consider updating the section to include more proposed plans. Specifically, the riverside corridor plan comes to mind, in which the presence of a new rail line (running along riverside, east out to the airport) plays a prominent role in addressing problems of traffic congestion as well as improving the overall quality of life of the residents. Montiver ( talk) 00:33, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
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The "MetroRail Red Line additional stations" subsection need to be updated to reflect that McKalla Place and Broadmoor are actually under construction now (McKalla Place should be close to opening, if the work is on schedule). AnonMoos ( talk) 03:21, 24 November 2023 (UTC)