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Re: LIRR needs to improve ROW maintenance; new dieseld |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Mon Oct 8 14:01:33 2007, in response to Re: LIRR needs to improve ROW maintenance; new dieseld, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Oct 8 13:24:25 2007. Agreed. Electrifying to Greenport doesn't make much sense either, given the difficulties presently under discussion right now in the topic on reverse-peak Ronkonkoma Branch service.To be sure, each year now, commuting, has increased to the North Fork, especially weekenders to and from New York. But that can be remedied easily enough by a few more Greenport trains. Right now, speaking from experience, service is far too paltry to seriously compete with bus service. My feeling is that if a few more trains were added - nevermind a direct train from New York that is unimaginable given the "lemon" locomotives - to increase frequency of service, that would be seen as an improvement by the weekender crowd going to the attractions on the North Fork, including a great wine industry. Weekdays except Fridays, there are 2 trains per day to Greenport; Friday sees one extra. Weekends, there are 2 trains per day to Greenport. Of course, given the news about the diesel locomotives, maybe that explains a lot of things. |
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