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Posted by Joe V on Fri May 19 17:58:21 2017, in response to Re: The Crisis at Penn Station, posted by Union Tpke on Fri May 19 17:10:58 2017. What I said: it works on paper, not in reality- NJT is a shitty outfit where a 15 minute "delay" is a rounding error. - LIRR operations are too delicate to impact with more constraints. - Delays on one system immediately get mirrored onto the other. - Most Penn Station platforms are too narrow to handle huge exchanges of many passengers quickly. Amtrak's 8 car Regional trains turn over 75% of their passengers, but their trains are not high capacity by commuter standards. - Power systems are incompatible, LIRR is not about to buy dual voltage M-8's, have a unique MU fleet that can't run to Grand Central, nor deal with MU cars with heavy 25 cycle transformers. - What are yo going to do with all the ALP46's and M-7's ? - It is easier to change trains than thru run the train for probable2% of the people running through to Long Island fro New Jersey and vice versa. - SEPTA does it, but can't make 90% OTP, has uniform equipment for use on both sides of the system, and exchanges passengers across 3 stations in Philly. Even so, 97% of their passengers don't ride through, and the 3% that do are mostly headed to/from the Pennsy side: Airport, Trenton, and University City. - Europe and the UK have plenty of traditional stub end terminal systems. Don't kid yourself that everything is RER, Thameslink, and Crossrail. |
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