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Re: Staten Island Railway |
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Posted by Fytton on Fri Sep 14 08:56:14 2007, in response to Re: Staten Island Railway, posted by AMoreira81 on Wed Sep 12 12:15:34 2007. 'However, even if ridership dips, I'm not sure it would be a bad thing, because it means less subsidy for SIR, and more money for everywhere else.'??? I don't understand that argument. If you go from a situation where x% of the ridership isn't paying anything, to one where ridership has dropped by x% because those people now aren't riding, (a) costs of operation are the same as now and (b) income is the same as now. O.K., if you shorten the trains you may save a bit of electricity and maybe a bit of maintenance cost, but the biggest cost element is wages, and you strengthen the argument of those who will say 'No-one rides the damn thing and it loses $$$$$$ per year, close the damn thing down!' |
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