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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Mar 5 22:15:50 2008, in response to Re: Air Train question, posted by Terrapin Station on Wed Mar 5 22:01:46 2008. No, like I said, the yard is there. So building that part of the circulator was a no-brainer.But the yard was put there because they knew they were going to build a branch to Howard Beach. My point is this. Would the long term lot, which obviously wouldn't have connected well with the loop, without making the loop bigger, would that have been worth making a whole seperate branch for if not for the fact that they were also going to go to Howard Beach. I don't think it would have been worth the expense to build an entire third segment there just for that long term lot, had it not been for the fact that Howard beach would also be served. Newark's situation is somewhat similar as that the "loop" (well half loop) would have worked well if it had to loop all the way to the long term lots. They would have had to have built a seperate branch to serve that long term lot, just like they did at JFK for the long term lot. However, if a "subway" or rail station had been near that lot, it would have made much more sense to serve that long term lot with more than just buses if the extension to that hypothetical rail station was there. Thanks!! Posting this Neward AirTrain really helped with my thought on my position! It also looks like it was probably a bit easier construction-wise than it would be to build to the Newark long term lot. That is speculation, so I don't know, and can't comment on that. Why would they do that? Don't you understand? I understand well, that's what the parking lot people aren't charged for that branch, as I said. My question (before it was turned around) was "how can they charge people for airtrain after already charging them for parking, and I said "what airport would they do that", and then you posted this Newark map where they DON'T charge for parking, as the airtrain changes from ma paid line to a free line at the parking lot station. It illustrates it well now that I understand that they don't charge the parking lot people there! You made it sound like they charge the parking lot people at that first station, and that's what had me scratching my head. |
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