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Posted by WillD on Sat Nov 3 15:31:22 2007, in response to Re: Staten Island Railway to get New Trains, posted by SUBWAYSURF on Sat Nov 3 15:17:44 2007. Come on Terrapin, why don't you explain your position rather than giving these one word answers. Or why don't you foamers accept that there's a decided grey area between "Commuter rail" and "Subway" service? It can be said that the SIRT is a commuter-oriented rapid transit system, like BART and PATCO, while the LIRR PW branch is a rapid transit oriented commuter rail line. The Europeans have somewhat better demarkations for these things than we do, with the German S-bahn and French RER adaquately describing services such as the Port Washington branch.That being said, the SIRT runs R44s, which were never FRA compatible and a few grab irons stuck to the frames will not change that. Thus calling it a commuter line is inaccurate. |
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