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Re: LIRR East Side Access |
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Posted by J trainloco on Mon May 22 21:18:07 2006, in response to Re: LIRR East Side Access, posted by Terrapin Station on Mon May 22 15:14:31 2006. 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." I wasn't really referring to you, but to AlstomR160A 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. I'm talking about no new construction. I don't know much about dwell times at Penn, but it seems that with a through running service, trains could have very short dwell times, particularly LIRR and NJT, since their trains run to yards beyond the terminal. I think that it would be possible to squeeze in a couple of trains through the West Side corridor during rush hours, but thats not an informed opinion. Still any project to bring MNRR to Penn would be just as beneficial as bringing LIRR to GCT, but for a fraction of the cost, even if new Penn construction is required. |
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