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Re: Well, this is interesting... (Re: South Ferry (1) Train Station Fix Could Take Up To 3 YEARS!!!) |
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Posted by TransitChuckG on Sat Feb 9 08:51:32 2013, in response to Re: Well, this is interesting... (Re: South Ferry (1) Train Station Fix Could Take Up To 3 YEARS!!!), posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Thu Feb 7 05:24:32 2013. Some thoughts from a friend of mime. He told me to pass this on.I think they have 2 big problems there. 1. getting a full and accurate assessment of the damage. 2.Making a decision which is more difficult in that so much is new, but the cheaper repair might involve the old station which, if I understand correctly, is still there. I guess, and this is just a guess, using the old station, manually dispatched, will be the quickest and cheapest option and it might already have been done except for the unique gap fillers, the pieces of which probably got scrapped! Then comes fare collection barriers, lighting and all the things which go into making a subway station safe and usable. those are things which we as passengers and fans often take for granted but the MTA can't ignore. Putting Budd cars on used trucks from PATH (for the P&W) probably didn't cost very much, but whatever they choose for south ferry, we are talking many millions and potential ongoing for extra staff. I bet that's what is holding it up. |
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