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Posted by Baltimorerail on Thu Apr 18 18:26:48 2024 Why no Metro North New Havens trails run to Penn station? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 18 18:58:28 2024, in response to New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Baltimorerail on Thu Apr 18 18:26:48 2024. Dunno about trails, but:
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Posted by Andrew Saucci on Thu Apr 18 19:27:56 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 18 18:58:28 2024. It's starting to look as though those who disparaged the idea of Metro North to Penn Station New York may be right-- at least for now. First, now that ESA is running, the original four LIRR/Amtrak tunnels underneath the East River need to be closed one at a time for repairs related to Hurricane Sandy, before they crumble apart. That reduces capacity and will take years. More important, ESA hasn't proven to be nearly as popular or useful as was touted, which has forced the LIRR to reroute GCT trains back to Penn Station. That in turns reduces the number of slots potentially available for Metro North trains at Penn Station. Unless ESA becomes more popular somehow, it may be a while before we see any significant number of Metro North trains to Penn Station. |
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Posted by AlM on Thu Apr 18 20:16:41 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Andrew Saucci on Thu Apr 18 19:27:56 2024. East Bronx service requires far fewer trains than GCT Madison has removed from Penn, so their sending some trains back to Penn makes no real difference. 4 East Bronx trains per hour in the rush hour would be sufficient. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 18 20:18:34 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Andrew Saucci on Thu Apr 18 19:27:56 2024. I could see from the time the costs started climbing and the opening dates being pushed years and then decades back that ESA was a white elephant. More than enough money was spent to build two tunnels south and into Brooklyn to connect the Atlantic Avenue line to their little six-track terminal deep underground. In fact, more than enough money was blown to have built "Alternative G" of the former Access to the Region's Core project aka GCT lower level to NJ and possible alternate NEC route bypassing Hell Gate . . . (forget about politicians thinking practically) |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Apr 19 00:03:39 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Olog-hai on Thu Apr 18 18:58:28 2024. Madison to 7th is either 2 1/2 or 3 depending on how you count and the 5th to 7th blocks are equalto six N-S blocks.,so 15-16 N-Sblock equivalent--i e 3/4 of a mile. Certainly more pleasantthan the same exercise at a gym. Yes it is walkable, and the subway conection is adequate. |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Apr 19 07:50:56 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Apr 19 00:03:39 2024. Google Maps puts 34th/Madison to 34th/7th as a half mile, or 10 minute walk.5th to 6th is 0.2 miles, or 4 minutes. It's definitely longer than a regular avenue in Brooklyn (0.15 miles or 3 minutes), but not as endless as people make it out to be. If I'm doing quick mental calculations for walking distances, I usually think of Madison as "4 and a half" avenue. Park is definitely 4th. Lexington is "3 and a half." Of course the whole avenues are still long ones, whether they are "cut" or not. Hence Google Maps puts 3rd to 7th in Manhattan as a 17 minute walk (instead of the shorter walk that 3rd to 7th in Park Slope is given as -- 12 minutes downhill, 15 minutes uphill). |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Apr 19 14:43:39 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Apr 19 07:50:56 2024. s half a mile, and theNadison trek is 8 NS block, then we are talking 3/4 give or take. I have made that trek several times albeit 5x years ago. As I said, doable.Ultimately, we are cursed by the enmity between the NY Vanderbilts, and the out of towner PRR. Why do you think the two picked different standards for third rails? When steel coaches were new, NY Central dis "single window" style, PRR did "paired". PRR claimed they were the "Standard Railroad of the World", For fun, go look up the testimony of an ex NYC guy in Congressional hearings on the PC bankruptcy. Catholics v Protestants nonsense as if religious beliefs drove railway business rocedures. |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Fri Apr 19 16:23:28 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Andrew Saucci on Thu Apr 18 19:27:56 2024. GCT LIRR usage has stabilized and no more changes are expected. Penn Station access from the East Bronx is fully on track, with new trackage and stations being built. It will happen on schedule. |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Fri Apr 19 16:24:11 2024, in response to New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Baltimorerail on Thu Apr 18 18:26:48 2024. They are planned to start doing so in a few years. |
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Posted by AlM on Fri Apr 19 18:40:02 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by New Flyer #857 on Fri Apr 19 07:50:56 2024. Google Maps puts 34th/Madison to 34th/7th as a half mile, or 10 minute walk.5th to 6th is 0.2 miles, or 4 minutes. Put much more simply, the distance between two numbered avenues, from 3rd to 12th, is about the same as 4 short blocks, or 4/20 of a mile. There are only minor variations in those distances. From Avenue D to 3rd Ave, the avenues are about the same distance apart as 3 short blocks. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Apr 19 22:57:48 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Fri Apr 19 00:03:39 2024. Disagree. It is more pleasant on many days, but bad weather makes it less pleasant than a gym.I agree about the subway. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Sat Apr 20 07:20:48 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by AlM on Thu Apr 18 20:16:41 2024. Aren't they still planning on moving trains from Atlantic Ave to Penn Station? That could use up the slots freed up by GCT Madison. |
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Posted by AlM on Sat Apr 20 10:52:39 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by 3-9 on Sat Apr 20 07:20:48 2024. Wouldn't they have done that by now if they were going to do it? What would they be waiting for?And again, 4 tph is a drop in the bucket. It has a minimal effect on total Penn traffic and a huge effect on East Bronx transportation services. |
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Posted by Andrew Saucci on Sat Apr 20 11:37:49 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by 3-9 on Sat Apr 20 07:20:48 2024. What they wanted to do was to make Atlantic Ave into a shuttle-- that was the purpose of the new southernmost platform in Jamaica. Another way they backed off their original plan was to send more trains directly to Atlantic Terminal. Those trains probably would be moved from Grand Central rather than Penn Station, though. |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Apr 20 14:46:22 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Andrew Saucci on Sat Apr 20 11:37:49 2024. Most of the time ESA was under construction I just thought they were going to move the trains then going to Brooklyn over to Grand Central and take maybe one other branch line away from Penn to also go to GCT. I wasn't expecting the sort of "everything goes everywhere" they settled on. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sat Apr 20 15:46:05 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by AlM on Sat Apr 20 10:52:39 2024. It has a minimal effect on total Penn traffic and a huge effect on East Bronx transportation services.The effect on East Bronx transportation is equally minimal. Here's what it looks like, within walking distance of the 4 proposed stations.
Of the 114K people who live within 1/2 mile walking distance of one of the 4 proposed stations, 77% already live within walking distance of an existing subway station. This leaves only 27K people who will gain walk to rail access. It's also important to discover how much the walk to rail distance will be reduced for the 27K. That's shown in the percentile figures for non-walkers. There isn't much gain because the longest distance is less than a mile. Here's a station-by-station breakdown of the "huge effect".
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Posted by AlM on Sat Apr 20 16:20:06 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sat Apr 20 15:46:05 2024. You're ignoring the reverse commute.Hordes of people commute from Fordham to Westchester and Stamford. The East Bronx will benefit now too. |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Apr 20 16:32:46 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by AlM on Sat Apr 20 16:20:06 2024. Hordes of people commute from Fordham to Westchester and Stamford. This is very true. There are a lot of hoarders in The Bronx. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by jailhousedoc on Sun Apr 21 13:36:51 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Apr 20 16:32:46 2024. Was there a time in the past when New Haven trains did go to Penn Station ? I am thinking about the time before the EP-5 locomotives. Correct me if I am wrong. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Apr 21 13:43:44 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by jailhousedoc on Sun Apr 21 13:36:51 2024. If you are referring to commuter trains, As far as I know No. Only long distance trains that went over the Hellgate to upper New England went to and from Penn Sta. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sun Apr 21 16:36:17 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sun Apr 21 13:43:44 2024. In my first daylight trip over that route decades ago there were remnants of station platforms at at least two locations along with evidence offour tracks rather than the two of today. I would think consulting an Official Guide from the 1920s would provide clear evidence. For comparison, pictures of the route now being considered for TriBoroRX show platforms for passenger trainsand tunnels indicating a fopur track main. |
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Posted by AlM on Sun Apr 21 16:52:11 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sun Apr 21 16:36:17 2024. Random Google Aerial View shot, showing 2 tracks, an abandoned 3rd track, and an obvious space where there used to be a 4th track. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 21 17:44:44 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by AlM on Sun Apr 21 16:52:11 2024. The ROW used to contain 6 tracks an one time. 4 tracks for the New Haven and 2 tracks for the Port Chester Branch of the NY, Westchester & Boston RR. |
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Posted by AlM on Sun Apr 21 17:59:52 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sun Apr 21 17:44:44 2024. I believe the discussion was about the portion between New Rochelle and Hell Gate. See the title of the thread. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Mon Apr 22 09:36:21 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by Jackson Park B Train on Sun Apr 21 16:36:17 2024. Inserting more tracks today will be interesting. When I perused the ROW using Google Maps a while back, it was obvious that Amtrak took advantage of some of the extra space to smooth out curves. |
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Posted by Jackson Park B Train on Mon Apr 22 12:56:33 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by 3-9 on Mon Apr 22 09:36:21 2024. Yes, I could see that when riding. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Mon Apr 22 22:29:06 2024, in response to Re: New Haven trains to Penn station, posted by AlM on Sat Apr 20 16:20:06 2024. You're ignoring the reverse commute.All 554 of them? Here's what the reverse commute would look like for those who live within 1/2 mile from a Bronx station and work within 1/2 mile of a New Haven RR stop east of Coop City.
Where do the people who live within 1/2 mile of a proposed station work?
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