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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 7 06:13:03 2012, in response to Re: Glendale Re: Long Island City..., posted by Joe V on Fri Apr 6 20:04:56 2012. Someone else may have more on this, but "RoadN'Rail" for the Montauk Branch was ended when the line east of Speonk was rebuilt in the late 70's, and opened for service in time for the 1980 season.Prior to the line being rebuilt there was much discussion about rail service ending at Speonk, and selling off the ROW east of there. The reason for the bus service was not because of a compliment to the rail service but because they wanted to abandon both east end lines (east of Ronkonkoma and east of Speonk). Happily that did not happen, and when the State of NY and the MTA agreed to fund the rebuild of the LIRR from Speonk to Montauk, a stipulation was that the LIRR run all schedules as rail service. The old Road N Rail service really has nothing to do with this discussion, as it's reason for being was to replace the east end rail lines, or at least use buses instead of trains most of the time. |
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