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Citizens for the Train will pursue an estimated $1.5 million for an environmental and engineering study. If/when approved, funding for the project will be sought from both public and private sources.<ref name="Idea on line"/> |
Citizens for the Train will pursue an estimated $1.5 million for an environmental and engineering study. If/when approved, funding for the project will be sought from both public and private sources.<ref name="Idea on line"/> |
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Due to the ill-fated [[Schuylkill Valley Metro]] project, coupled with the relatively inexpensive start-up costs, the Greenline proposal has received overwhelming support from regional politicians and businesses alike.<ref name="Idea on line"/> |
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Locale | Upper Schuylkill Valley, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operator(s) | Citizens for the Train | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line length | 18 miles (29 km) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Greenline is a proposed $138 million mass transit line for the Upper Schuylkill Valley region in southeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. It is still in the planning stages and its construction is not guaranteed. The line will be operated by a group called Citizens for the Train.[1]
Planning stages
Citizens for the Train is currently spearheading the Greenline's planning stages, and concluded a preliminary study to determine the feasibility of the project. The group is putting together $250,000 for an alternative analysis to see if a different transportation project, such as widening roads or adding bus routes, would work better. The study is expected to be completed by the end of 2009.[2]
Citizens for the Train will pursue an estimated $1.5 million for an environmental and engineering study. If/when approved, funding for the project will be sought from both public and private sources.[2]
Due to the ill-fated Schuylkill Valley Metro project, coupled with the relatively inexpensive start-up costs, the Greenline proposal has received overwhelming support from regional politicians and businesses alike.[2]
Route
The proposed route will originate in Oaks, Pennsylvania, with the Oaks terminal situated at the new Greater Philadelphia Expo Center At Oaks. The route will utilize Norfolk Southern Railway's (NS) disused 11-mile Phoenixville Industrial line, with an additional seven miles of new railway construction to be built between end-of-track in Devault and the current Paoli Station. Citizens for the Train plans to purchase the unused 11-mile Phoenixville Industrial line from NS.[1] NS officially discontinued rail service on the line in October 2007.[3]
The route will transverse the Pickering Valley region, ultimately terminating at SEPTA's heavily patronized R5 commuter rail line. Paoli Station also hosts Amtrak's Keystone Service and Pennsylvanian, serving trains en route to Harrisburg, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York City.[1]
Notable towns that the Greenline will serve are listed below:
Equipment
Rolling stock will consist of similar Stadler GTW-built diesel-electric DMU (diesel multiple unit) cars used on New Jersey Transit's successful River LINE that operates between the towns of Camden and Trenton, New Jersey.[2]
The River LINE's unique rail cars offer a tighter turning radius than typical main line light rail vehicles, and thus are capable of the street running needed on Moreland Road. The rail cars are also used regularly in Italy, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
The Greenline will be only the second light rail operation in the United States to utilize these units; the River LINE marked the first.
List of proposed stations
- Oaks Park-Ride/Route 422 Marketplace/Greater Philadelphia Expo Center At Oaks.
- Longford Road
- Port Providence
- Mont Clare
- Phoenixville Transportation Center
- Franklin Street
- Ironsides
- Wilmer (Pothouse Road)
- Pickering
- Commons at Great Valley
- Atwater
- Great Valley Parkway
- Valley Stream West
- Valley Stream East
- Swedesford Road
- Worthington/Vanguard
- Wyeth
- Paoli Transportation Center
See also
- Schuylkill Valley Metro
- R5 (SEPTA), a regional rail line operating betweem Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and adjacent Philadelphia suburbs.
External links
- Citizens for the Train; website detailing all aspects of the Greenline project
- Main Street Phoenixville; contains details of Greenline as it pertains to Phoenixville
- Greenline assessment
- "Idea on line: Oaks-Great Valley by train"; article featured in the Philadelphia Business Journal