I did in fact go there - there's footage from the lower level of course but I opted for the shrine view of the tracks as recommended on tokyorailwaylabyrinth.blogspot.com/2023/04/railway-bridge-on-tokyu-toyoko-and.html. For the trunk corridor I chose Motosumiyoshi for footage instead since it had the overpass over the tracks + was a six track station due to the Toyoko Line passing tracks.

Three weeks, though not all of it was dedicated to trains. I unfortunately did not see as much as I wanted to but given time constraints, I saw what I could. Not seeing the Yokohama Subway was an acceptable sacrifice. The fact that nearly every shrine shuts down at 5 PM + the threat of last trains in outer areas being earlier than expected limited how much I could see as well. For the Tama Monorail, if I hadn't learned about the 25th anniversary stamp rally AFTER I was about to leave (I had to go back and revisit half of the network during what felt like PM Rush Hour), I probably would have seen the northern section as well, but I ended up bailing early so I could shove the Seibu network into my evening.

I have 3 weeks in late October-November; I’m hoping to hit the five remaining Linear Motor train lines, the Nagoya Busway, Linimo, as well as the Sapporo Metro.

It definitely seems to be making quite the difference, even if it functions as a reverse branch for Sōtetsu (the Sōtetsu section where the lines overlap is not quad tracked) and the Tōkyū side is not exactly doing well from a ridership-perspective. It does make the network incredibly complicated though.

For a significant time, I thought the HB stood for Hoboken because why would the line be named after a place it doesn't go to? (Naturally, there are other similar situations elsewhere, e.g. the Tojo Line doesn't reach Gunma, etc, but this is the one closest to home)

Originally in the 1990s when they were still planning the line, it was actually called the Hudson-Jersey City Light Rail. Both Union and Bergen County wanted in on the project initally. The name was changed to the Hudson-Union-Bergen (HUB) Light Rail. Then the real estate market in NJ boomed the old railroad right-of-ways the line was suppose to use all of sudden had all this opposition to the project. On the Elizabeth end, they couldn't find funding to build a bridge over Newark Bay. (The Elizabeth portion would've basically revived the Bayonne Scoot in Light Rail form). So Union County pulled out whole Bergen County remained onboard. Now the name was shortened to Hudson-Bergen Light Rail. This remained this way until Tenefly in 2008 threw a massive stink that got the Anti-Rail Governor's attention and he effectly took the Bergen County portion of the plan out back and gave it the Ol' Yeller Treatment. So we were left with only the Hudson portion of the system and by the time the Tenefly extension was killed, the trains were already rolling with the HBLR moniker. Their logic is why change it now, our foot is already in our mouth.

The initial plan was to make use of the busway to have like a dozen different routes converging on it so that you could reach multiple destinations. ...This did not happen, negating the main benefit of using a busway over a tramway. So yes, as currently operated a tramway would have made more sense, but politics and money got in the way regardless.

Oh

You forgot the big red

This is in Baltimore, Maryland. Their transit agency is also called the MTA but the M is for Maryland.

@@sparenofnyc oh okay

This footage was taken on the BART network. If you're asking my personal preference, I still prefer New York.

SparenofNYC I was asking your personal preference. I know this is the BART system

It's not that I didn't take it - I just didn't have enough time during my bus layover to film the parts I wanted to, unfortunately.

@@YourAverage_Railfan why are you replying to a comment from 3 years ago

+Andrew Gordon Baltimore's current fleet was just rehabbed, and they only run half their trains during the standard rush hour (afaik). So we can expect around 15-20 years before they are replaced.

+SparenofNYC 15 to 20 years! the miami metrorail will start to retire ours in 2017

gyros24 7 Metro is the main MD subway system, with over 1000 cars old and new.