|
|
| Re: LIRR Abandoned Station between ENY and Jamaica? (204905) | |||
 |
|||
| Home > SubChat | |||
|
[ Read Responses | Post a New Response | Return to the Index ] |
|
||
|
Re: LIRR Abandoned Station between ENY and Jamaica? |
|
|
Posted by Peter Rosa on Mon Jan 23 12:40:51 2006, in response to Re: LIRR Abandoned Station between ENY and Jamaica?, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 23 12:11:49 2006. Also, it's not just ridership that caused it to close (of course though that's a major reason). Also though, think of the 70's, and how "safe" it would be to wait by yourself, at a freely open station (as all LIRR stations are, unlike subway stations) that anyone can wonder into. I am sure not many women alone would have wanted to wait there, heck, many men alone wouldn't have wanted to wait there unless they didn't value their wallets or their lives.I remember reading somewhere, though exactly where is beyond my recollection, that during Woodhaven's final years a police officer would be on duty for each train, getting to the station a short while before the train arrived to watch over people waiting for it, and leaving after all the people arriving on the train had left the station. If this is true, no doubt the cost of police protection helped convince LIRR management that it was time to close the station. My LIRR/NYCT blog |
|
|
|