Would the new Sunrail platform be high (floor) level?
No. SunRail does not have any high floor cars. It will be the same level as the platforms at current SunRail Stations.Would the new Sunrail platform be high (floor) level?
I found it, too -- in the post by @Palmland 2 posts up the thread.No. SunRail does not have any high floor cars. It will be the same level as the platforms at current SunRail Stations.
I just found a concept diagram from 2021 which shows an island platform across from the station headhouse serving both tracks 1 and 2 for SunRail, with the existing long platform on track 1 on the head house side of the track retained, presumably for Amtrak. Here is the diagram found on the SunRail site:
https://corporate.sunrail.com/wp-co...nd-Station-Full-Build-Concept-2021a-Draft.pdf
Thank the stars I did not find something differentI found it, too -- in the post by @Palmland 2 posts up the thread.
Thanks for posting. Lots of moving pieces in this and hope it will result in a coordinated implementation. I guess if the Northern Expansion is on track maybe some of these other projects will be realized too. Brightline has progressed beyond the discussion in this report and will also be a reality in a few months. So the track record for some of this is pretty good. And there is a good discussion about the expansion of TriRail too and its planning work with the South Florida Regional Transit Authority (SFRTA).Anyway, have a go at it. I was not even aware that such a Central Florida focused study existed.
There never was a plan to get it to Daytona. The extension to Deland is just completing Phase 2 of the original plan. In fact Volusia County tried hard to slime out of it but Florida DOT held the county to the original agreement that it signed.But no plan to get to Daytona. That would really tie Volusia county together.
The free rides were offered because there were several events in the downtown area on Saturday March 4th. SunRail was running for free on a day when they do not normally run, which served as a benefit to the community. I have traveled on SunRail during "free" promotional rides, and, as expected, the trains were quite crowded.I am getting bad reports from friends and family that the free rides on March 4th was a very bad experience. At least some trains were only 2 cars and one couple I know could not even get on the first one. The Sanford facility could have easily set up 4 car trains IMO. Anyone on this site involved in the screw up?
But it wasn't a token of generosity. It was sponsored by Orlando Downtown Development Board.I don’t see a screw up. I see a very nice goodwill gesture by SunRail to bring their equipment out on a weekend day when they don’t normally run and didn’t have to bother and to give some people an enjoyable ride on something they might not have been on before.
I think the sheer volume of passengers caught them by surprise. The first southbound was just the standard consist, and was standing-room-basically only, but shortly thereafter they started adding an additional car to the consist. That obviously didn't help the first overcrowded train but helped subsequent ones. One of the conductors on that first train basically just waved off my suggestion of adding cars, saying they were "trainsets" and wouldn't be changed. I'm glad somebody at Sunrail in Sanford was on the ball and paying attention to what was being reported to them, certainly more than that conductor was.I am getting bad reports from friends and family that the free rides on March 4th was a very bad experience. At least some trains were only 2 cars and one couple I know could not even get on the first one. The Sanford facility could have easily set up 4 car trains IMO. Anyone on this site involved in the screw up?
That is the reason that the trains should have had more cars. Sun Rail was fully paid to provide the service and failed in that part of the contract. As said above Sun Rail has had other special event ridership's overwhelmed by trains without enough cars.But it wasn't a token of generosity. It was sponsored by Orlando Downtown Development Board.
The citizens of Orange County voted down the proposed transportation sales tax. You get what you pay for.I commented to anyone that would listen that they need weekend service (it directly serves several Orlando hospitals) and pursue the Sunshine corridor linking SunRail with the Orlando airport and the theme parks. Everyone agrees but, funding of course will be the issue
Good way to gain transit supporters?And after the dust had settled, the VIP's return to Debary, I waited around there to see the now quite late A-T and 91. They had been sitting on the mainline just north of the Deland station waiting for eerything to clear out. A-T had been expected 30 min early in Sanford. It arrived 1'37"late.
Yes, it would have been easy to back the train onto the wye track next to the station. Would have saved much of the delay.Couldn’t they find some way to hold their ceremony without delaying those trains?
No doubt.No doubt the passengers on the trains would not agree.
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