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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 Olog-hai on Sat Feb 18 13:32:54 2012, in response to Re: NY Senate Urges MTA To Reject Proposal To cut LIRR service into Penn Station, posted by Wado MP73 on Sat Feb 18 13:09:51 2012. Platforms can be raised or future stock can come with low platform capabilitySure; that's why Penny Bridge, Haberman, Fresh Pond and Glendale stations are still open on the LIRR. (Right?) There will be no "future stock with low-platform capability", especially when it comes to EMUs. The duplicate sections can use the same power source for AC and DC distribution. The infrastructure for third rail is already there. Adding AC catenary won't be that costly False. You're going to have to add the additional equipment to step down to a specific AC voltage and frequency at certain substations; you can't use them as-is. It costs as much to electrify a railroad as build it, so how can you say "it won't be that costly"?? Besides, running on diesel power where there is third rail is already a waste of dough, especially if Empire service becomes more frequent You can't run at 90 mph with a DC third-rail dual-mode loco in electric mode. Anything else requires engine changes, which is something that both Amtrak and Metro-North eschewed for the Hudson Line (and the latter for the Harlem Line, for that matter). There are no specific plans to increase the frequency of the Empire Service; if there were, it'd be in progress already, and with the dual-modes (yes, no electrification) since they're already capable of 110 miles per hour. As long as they use Grand Central, that's not going to happen and not necessary That makes no sense whatsoever in light of the call for conversion (and/or duplication) of electrification of the Hudson Line. No sense whatsoever. It's already not as cost-effective as you would want it to be to have EMUs that change from DC third rail to AC overhead. |
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