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SandBoxJohn t1_itubu3e wrote

Reply to comment by BourbonCoug in Here's a look at the 1st (test) train ever through the new Potomac Yard 🚇station. Major 🎉 milestone in our efforts to complete the 🏗️ work for the new station. Testing is on schedule & we appreciate everyone’s patience as our teams work to get the station completed. #wmata by yunnifymonte

An island platform station would have required a larger land area foot print, as the track would have needed to taper away from each other beyond both end of the station. The foot print for the double crossover alone would have been roughly 2/3 the length of the foot print of an island platform station.

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