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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 WillD on Sat Feb 18 21:12:28 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 18:32:50 2012. So electrify the Greenport service as well. They're already planning on purchasing DMUs to provide a higher frequency East End shuttle. Rather than shelling out 4-6 million bucks a pop for ten DMUs (or upwards of $10 million if TriMet's nightmare is to be a guide), the MTA could take advantage of the economies of scale to spend on the order of 2-3 million dollars a unit for an AC/DC variant of the M9 and use the savings to complete the electrification to points which would not otherwise justify the electrification. The possibility exists that there would be between 10 million and 50 million dollars savings in the rolling stock purchase with which to electrify the operation. That way even if the electrification comes out to have a slightly higher capital cost, its lifetime cost would ultimately be lower by virtue of its lower operating costs. |
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