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Posted by Olog-hai on Mon May 22 21:35:28 2006, in response to Re: LIRR East Side Access, posted by WillD on Mon May 22 20:26:53 2006. Probably a diversity of terminalsHeh . . . that would grate on the minds of everyone who wants one giant terminal in Manhattan. GCT's as giant as it gets for the whole world—ain't no bigger on the entire planet. There's probably more than a few folks who work around Penn Station but schlep over to GCT every day because their homes happen to be in Westchester and they're unwilling to move the family onto LI or into NJ so they can have a commute into NYP. Rather than move themselves to the mountain they'd much rather the mountain come to them in the form of Metro North service to Penn Station What big wussies. 34th Street is eight blocks south of GCT, a little longer than a half-mile. Hardly a mountain; not even a molehill. Let those big spenders ride Amtrak then, since that can get 'em right into Penn from all but the Harlem Line . . .  or lobby to get the old New York & Harlem's Park Avenue Tunnel converted back into commuter rail . . .And GCT doesn't quite have the capacity most folks make it out to have. They're running the four tracks asymetrically during rush hour, and the only way they can maintain that kind of operation is to store many trains on the platforms at GCT That's funny; neither the NY Central nor the New Haven had to do that, and that was a busier era than nowadays . . . plus there were a lot of LD trains in and out of the station. Howzabout they actually use them loop tracks, too? (But of course, now they're giving up a few yard tracks in GCT to LIRR; what a smart move . . .) After all, why not just have NJT construct a massive 30 track terminal and accompanying six track tunnel around NYP to eliminate Hoboken and consolidate operations there? Why around NYP? Lotsa Manhattan to go around. And why does it have to be all-NJT? If you stick it downtown, then it can meet LIRR's Atlantic Avenue Branch. Once NJT got a terminal in downtown Manhattan that's mostly its own, they don't have to worry about the NYP pressures so much, that's why; and they could even divert NEC trains in there . . . and guess what, even Amtrak would be tempted to put trains to DC in a downtown terminal, since they can attract financial types better with a closer terminal to 'em . . . |
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