Re: "The Metro is no subway" (was Re: Malls at subway stations (Pentagon

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From: Larry Mintz
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 00:00

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Sascha Segan (sascha@clark.net) wrote:
: In article <4rgdld$edt@news3.digex.net>, rex@access.digex.net wrote:

: > ltost@ltost01.erols.com (L. Tost) wrote:
: > 
: > >What about a Georgetown stop?  I've often wondered why there wasn't one.  
: > >Maybe it would help cut down on the the 5 million cars on M and Wisconsin ;)
: > 
: > When the trians stop running before midnight.  I doubt many bar
: > patrons would consider this an acceptable option.

: The way I hear it, back in '76 when they planned the Metro map, they held

The Metro was already in operation in 1976.  The first stations opened in
1974.  The plans had been made at least 10 years earlier.  When the Metro
was first announced, they planned to have the *entire* system (all 98 miles
of it) open by 1978.

Larry

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Subject: Re: "The Metro is no subway" (was Re: Malls at subway stations (Pentagon
Date: 1996/07/12
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