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Re: Intermediate Station Fare Payment on SIRT (was:Re: Scrap pecking order with R44-SI) |
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Posted by randyo on Wed Sep 6 02:56:36 2006, in response to Re: Intermediate Station Fare Payment on SIRT (was:Re: Scrap pecking order with R44-SI), posted by Rail Blue on Tue Sep 5 20:59:31 2006. You're forgetting that SIR is actually a direct subsidiary of NYCT rather than the parent agency the MTA. That means that it would have to keep the same fare structure as the rest of NYCT even though it chooses not to accept NYCT employee passes at the present time. Some people have suggested that the SIR be operated as a commuter RR like LIRR or MN. Historically speaking, even when the SIRT was owned by the B&O RR, its equipment design was very closely based on that of the BMT steels and all the platforms were high level in true rapid transit style. It is obvious, therefore that the SIR was built and intended to be operated as a rapid transit line despite the many grade crossings that once existed. Another argument for retaining its status as a rapid transit line rather than as a commuter RR is that unlike LIRR and MN, it operates entirely within the city of NY which the other two do not. |
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