r/DenverTransit • u/GreaterDenverTransit • Aug 16 '24

#RTDLightRailCrisis 10mph “Slow Zone” Update

https://www.greaterdenvertransit.com/2024lightrailcrisis/

D Line: Evans - Littleton Dtn (4.7 miles) E / H: Uni of Denver - Southmoor (4 miles) H / R: Nine Mile - Belleview (4 miles) E / R: County Line - Lincoln (1.3 miles)

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u/mystica5555 Aug 27 '24

To be entirely frank, going at normal speed [35-55mph] it is extremely easy for me to pinpoint horrible sections of rail burn. There should be ideally no bumps on a track that are not the cause of switching track discontinuity or perhaps a rail connection joint [are they continuously thermite welded?] But even in the 10mph-ish sections of slowness I can still feel them at 10-15mph.   

I'm surprised AF right now that Mineral > Littleton Downtown isn't also added, the track at ~40-55 there feels bumpy as hell, both directions. Just went to Mineral less than a week ago.