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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Wed Feb 25 13:11:44 2009, in response to Re: BL-20G's For The LIRR ?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Feb 25 13:05:59 2009. Sayville has space to build a new terminal station, and ridership drops considerably east of it. It's also the last station before the line merges into a single track. That's why I suggest electrification end there.Everything you described is exactly like Patchogue (which I think is the more ideal location for electrification to end) except for the double track part. It's not big deal if there's only one track between Sayville and Patchogue, the Long Beach only has one track over Reynold's Channel and does fine. West Hempstead service sucks because there's no demand, not because the bad service limits demand. Even hourly service to Penn Station would not bring the ridership seen on other branches, like Long Beach or Hempstead. None of the stations have any real parking capacity. There's no demand for a shittle to Valley Stream, add parking capacity to those stations and run hourly service to at least Jamaica and you'll see more people coming in. |
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