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Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash |
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Posted by pragmatist on Tue Feb 17 21:01:29 2015, in response to Re: How 3rd Rail Running Commuter Rail Could Have Avoided / Ameliorated Fiery Crash, posted by ElectricTraction on Tue Feb 17 18:05:39 2015. Since there is no nonstop (other than a few puddle jumpers commuter plane service to Albany from either JFK or LGA would better rail service capture a higher percentage of the market or enable enough business travel to pay for a higher speed/higher class service? Right now you are really talking about displacing car traffic, a tough economic challenge. 2/4/6 service NYP-ALB-SYR-BUF might be successful, but are the potential loads high enough to justify the investment. Of course, the WAS-NYP-BOS percentages of the market are excellent, but the number of trips is also much higher. I as are most of the folks on this site are very pro rail, but I still see an uphill battle. |
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