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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jan 10 19:24:11 2008, in response to Re: How the LIRR and Nassau PD Conspire Against Commuters, posted by trainsarefun on Thu Jan 10 18:58:47 2008. The timetables have changed before. Every few months, changes are made, including to connecting trains. I'm not suggesting that we suddenly foist an unannounced schedule change on commuters, so I don't know why you're suggesting that I upset someone's expectations about connecting trains, which even nowadays are sometimes not met.You missed the point. You mentioned why perhaps they hold these trains when there are other trains on the same line coming within minutes. I mentioned that you can't just do that because not all trains stop at the same stations, even if using the same branch. Again, a minute here and a minute there is all accounted for. A train that leaves a little later may require some track or interlocking switches effecting another train leaving or arriving into Jamaica. And changing that second train may effect a third train, and then that effects some other train's timed slot into Penn, and this is a domino effect all over the railroad. It's not a matter of "just" changing one train. Changing one train can effect 5 or 6 trains on various lines, and thus conflicts at other stations, if not at Cedarhurst, perhaps Gibson, or perhaps even a meet at let's say Deer Park way down on the Ronkonkoma. That's not crazy talk, it's a real domino effect. The LIRR is a complicated system. |
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