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Posted by Joe V on Tue Oct 18 19:36:38 2016, in response to Re: HBLR Extension, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Tue Oct 18 19:20:08 2016. You are not going to get run-through trains to get through Penn Station in 5 minutes. That is totally ridiculous. I have been on NJT trains that take 10 minutes to unload and clear the platforms. The narrowness of the platforms, congestion on the stair, and reversing direction of the escalators all need to be taken into account.Then you are going to magnify delays on one railroad immediately onto the other. That is also not acceptable. Catenary and pantographs won't fit through the Jamaica Station canopies. LIRR is not going to maintain an electric fleet that cannot also run to ESA. A train may run from one city terminal and return to another. Montreal AMT trains stop at the station just north of the Mt Royal Tunnel. They could well cut over there, I Don't know. LIRR runs MU's. They are not going to operate loco-hauled trains that accelerate like coal drags, which is what NJT does. LIRR trains have wide threshold plates to cover gaps and prevent injuries. NJT equipment cannot accommodate threshold plates at all. Sorry, this ain't Europe or Philadelphia. |
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