From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 11-Apr-15 12:56, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   > Stephen Sprunk  wrote:   
   >> On 11-Apr-15 11:08, Adam H. Kerman wrote:   
   >>> I'm trying to reduce station construction costs on your   
   >>> railroad.   
   >>   
   >> Platform height/length has a negligible impact on cost, compared to   
   >> all the other (much larger) station expenses that aren't affected   
   >> at all.   
   >   
   > Platforms are hideously expensive. Metra has had standard-height   
   > platform replacement projects over the last several years, and they   
   > take an amazing 13 weeks under traffic.   
      
   Then someone needs to get fired.  DART replaced _dozens_ of platforms   
   while they were in service, closing them just two weekends each plus   
   working nights when there were no trains.  Start to finish for each   
   station was under a month.   
      
   Then again, you're saddled with unions, so taking three-plus times as   
   long (and probably ten-plus times as much money) is to be expected.   
   That's the price you pay for living in the Rust Belt.   
      
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