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Posted by Terrapin Station on Mon May 22 15:14:31 2006, in response to Re: LIRR East Side Access, posted by J trainloco on Mon May 22 15:05:19 2006. But LIRR is presently not suffering from severe overcrowding. How many extra trains could they add? And would this be cost effective?It is my impression, based on what I have heard, that peak hour LIRR trains are very crowded. The funniest thing about all of this, is that while everybody is saying that no current MNRR equipment is capable of running to NYP (and thus we need new equipment, which 'cannot' happen) I don't think "it couldn't happen." If LIRR doesn't divert any trains from NYP, they too will need new equipment That most certainly may be true. As far as what you said on Penn: I thought that there was a new expansion planned for NYP with platforms under Farley. Forgive me for my misstatements. Yeah, no new platforms. The platforms are already there and are already being used. But, if there is going to be a new NJT tunnel under the Hudson (what's it called, ARC?) then where will these trains be berthing at NYP? The additional NJT trains to NYP though the new set of tunnels would end up at a new 8 track station parallel to NYP under 34 St or somewhere near there. It IS possible to make space at NYP if you really want MNRR to go there. Using your above example of the new tunnels to NYP and the resulting new station needed, yes, you can make space for MNCR trains *near* NYP, but it would involve building a new station. |
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