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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 24 10:17:03 2006, in response to Re: The LIRR President Speaks, posted by RonInBayside on Mon Apr 24 09:41:25 2006. If LIRR double-tracked the line and increased MAS to close to 100 mph to shave some time off the trip from Penn or Brooklyn, could that bring commuters to Ronk a little earlier (so they would have more time between arrival and the run home?It's not even the running time that is involved in the hell-hole that is the Ronkonkoma station (and I don't mean condition, I mean atmosphere and stress). It's the sheer volume of people that use it, the traffic, the acres upon acres of cars. Even the parking garage adds more acres of cars, so it's not a matter of "build a parking garage). It's just too many people and cars. The only alleviation would be to extend towards Yaphank and beyond the service and electrification (as they are planning) to get people more spread out at other stations. A large amount of people are coming from points east of Ronkonkoma anyway. It's safe to say that less than 20 or 30% of the people using the Ronkonkoma station are NOT local Ronkonkoma people, or even immediately adjoining. |
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