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Posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Oct 21 12:07:11 2016, in response to Re: HBLR Extension, posted by Joe V on Wed Oct 19 15:36:49 2016. "The whole point of ESA is to get trains out of Penn Station"That makes literally no sense whatsoever. ESA will not get trains out of Penn Station because the slots left open by the redirected trains will just be filled by more service (be it LIRR or Metro North). ESA is just simply adding capacity to the LIRR. Yes, as planned, ESA capacity is spoken for, but you are failing to acknowledge the fact that through running will add capacity, and that those slots are going to be filled with LIRR trains no matter what, whether thru running or not. Connecting it with Gateway simply takes those 22 trains (or more because no need for trains to turn back) and sends them to whatever new section of NYP is built for Gateway and over to NJ. As it is, there is no exact service plan for ESA (afaik). Start off with services coming in from shorter origins like Bayside and thru run them, and whatever spare capacity is left gets filled with your Port Washington, Huntington, Ronkonkoma, Babylon etc trains. |
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