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Posted by ALSTOM R160A on Tue May 23 00:20:39 2006, in response to Re: LIRR East Side Access, posted by J trainloco on Mon May 22 23:31:20 2006. Bringing more trains into manhattan could be done for far cheaper on the LIRR by building more capacity at NYP. Heck, MNRR is running three or four tracks in peak direction, meaning that they are sort of bursting at the seams. Platform space could be opened up by Sending trains to across the Hell Gate bridge and the underused West Side tracks so that the Park Avenue tracks are an even 2/2 split. Maybe that would free up more platforms at GCT that could be converted for LIRR use, and then trains would be diverted from NYP to GCT.Building more capacity at NYP? How would that be far cheaper? First off, Amtrak owns Penn Station so you can't just build on that. They could construct a new adjacent station like NJT is doing for ARC, however, that would continue bringing people on the LIRR to the West Side, and the whole point of ESA is: 1) Add LIRR Capacity in Manhattan 2) Bring LIRR passengers directly to the East Side. |
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