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Re: Wayne Transit Center to serve Boonton Line in January |
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Posted by WillD on Sat Dec 15 19:23:36 2007, in response to Re: Wayne Transit Center to serve Boonton Line in January, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Dec 15 12:03:35 2007. I'd be willing to bet something like the Montclair/Boonton and NJCL result in far worse vehicle utilization which costs NJT more than a straight diesel operation. I have nothing to back this up, but every time I've been to MSU or Long Branch a diesel has been sitting there idling away. Thus I'd argue it's more likely we'll see the combined diesel/electric operations homogenized before NJT goes biting off chunks of the Main/Bergen or RVL to electrify.The southern NJCL can definitely support electrification, what with the dense shore communities it operates through. Even Bay Head, for all its affluence is still pretty dense and Asbury Park is like a mini-Newark. The Boonton and Hackettstown portions may not have the highest population densities, but the Wayne Transit Center and Mt Arlington P&R show its utility in collecting car traffic from the north. If the Boonton were electrified it'd make some sense to run ML express trains from Hackettstown local to MSU, then express past most of Montclair, avoiding the potential issues with the close station spacing through there. Without the completion of the M&E's and M/B's electrification the new P&Rs in Wayne and Mt Arlington will be as useless as Ramsey Rt17. |
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