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Re: A new topic for discussion, electrification to Port Jeff and Patchague |
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Posted by Osmosis Jones on Sun Jun 16 07:14:27 2019, in response to Re: A new topic for discussion, electrification to Port Jeff and Patchague, posted by Joe V on Sun Jun 16 04:19:03 2019. They could probably shorehorn in a small yard just west of Sayville.Beyond Patchogue is just Bellport Mastic, and Speonk. Only Mastic has decent ridership. Electrifying beyond Patchogue to Speonk is too many miles for too few people. It will never happen. It would probably be cheaper and more beneficial to spend that money by building a 2nd Platform at Bellport and renovating the Bellport siding instead. Bellport is a working class community that utilizes its buses very well, but is shunned by the LIRR for whatever reason. Port Jeff is the only one that makes sense, but there are NIMBY issues, like Kings Park, and LIRR are chicken shots when it comes to NIMBY's. Look at the design flaws they are going to build at Mineola. They would not declare eminent domain on an outhouse that's 100 years old. Huntington's yard space is too sparse, while Port Jefferson's is too much, when you combine that with the increased ridership that East Side Access and the Third Track are going to bring, electrification is inevitable. I have no doubt in my mind that we will see electrification to Port Jefferson one day. |
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