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News Wire: Maryland light rail system may be back on track

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Posted by BaltACD on Monday, June 12, 2017 3:47 PM

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No its being contructed using a existing rail-banked right of way aka the B&O Georgetown Branch

Property values don't get much higher than Georgetown.  I doubt that the branch was rail banked, my understanding was that it was abandoned and property rights returned to the owners.

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Posted by CandOforprogress2 on Friday, June 9, 2017 3:23 PM

No its being contructed using a existing rail-banked right of way aka the B&O Georgetown Branch

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Posted by BaltACD on Friday, June 9, 2017 2:20 PM

CandOforprogress2
2.4 Billion? for 14 miles ?

It isn't being constructed over corn fields and other low cost properties.

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Posted by CandOforprogress2 on Thursday, June 1, 2017 6:18 PM

2.4 Billion? for 14 miles ?

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 2:22 PM

WASHINGTON — Maryland's Purple Line may have taken a turn for the better. A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday threw out portions of a lawsuit that had blocked progress on the program since August 2016, the Washington Post reported. The P...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/05/31-purple-line

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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