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Anyone else got the nagging feeling that the tunnel is going to have hardly any visibly positive effect and be viewed in the short term as a big waste of time and money?
I’m not saying it wasn’t worth it. But I’m betting we see news articles about how few people use its stations/line and don’t notice improved frequency of trains on the other lines. And that PT usage is down anyway. And while the improved capacity is likely necessary going into the future, it may be pretty underwhelming in the short term.
Am I off here? Anyone else see obvious benefits from it?
It happens every time something other than a road is constructed.
True! Cars do tend to fill roads up though.
@maegul @Melonpoly Yeah, everyone loves the new road, because it is empty and awesome to use (for a few weeks) where the same phenomenon on a train line is a failure.
A classic double standard.
For sure