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Re: NY Senate Urges MTA To Reject Proposal To cut LIRR service into Penn Station |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Fri Feb 17 18:12:07 2012, in response to Re: NY Senate Urges MTA To Reject Proposal To cut LIRR service into Penn Station, posted by Olog-hai on Fri Feb 17 15:24:15 2012. Not enough service to justify that.Amtrak wise, it's about the same as the Keystone Corridor... and, this would allow the M8s to run in place of the diesel sets on the Poughkeepsie runs, which would allow for trains longer than 7 cars (and there's not enough cars for all Bombardier sets to have this many cars), and thus alleviate some crowding on the full length runs. Most importantly it would add flexibility for Metro-North. And the tracks north of Poughkeepsie would be relatively easy to upgrade to 125MPH speeds, so the AEM-7s can be used to their full potential. The complaints will be that the overhead gantries will block the view of the Hudson (Metro North went through some effort to clear the view of utility poles / abandoned RR buildings), but they don't need to be n shaped, they could be T shaped. |
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