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Posted by LuchAAA on Thu Jan 21 21:28:01 2021, in response to Re: ROCKAWAY LINE TRACKS, FOREST PARK, posted by Stephen Bauman on Thu Jan 21 20:41:36 2021. LIRR service from parts of the abandoned Rockaway ROW to Penn Station or East Side might work today.The Rockaway Beach Branch was built in 1912, before Queens was developed. Queens developed far from the RBB's right of way. If you were to calculate the number of people who would gain walk to train access with the RBL's return, you would find it's very little. It's being far from major roads means that it won't be suitable for feeder buses. But the way it built up, you would think it would appeal to LIRR customers more than subway riders. A lot of people in Howard Beach, Ozone Park, and Woodhaven became express bus customers when crime and grime and reliable service became issues. The population is there. Maybe part of the issue is what they do for a living. Small business owners and shift workers instead of 8-to-5ers'. |
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