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Posted by trainsarefun on Sun Feb 3 14:56:06 2008, in response to Re: Southeast Queens Issues, posted by Wallyhorse on Sun Feb 3 14:23:20 2008. That is the big problem with the Belmont Park LIRR station now:What would need to be a more efficient LIRR terminal would require making the Bridge two tracks, with one going above all of the other tracks at Queens Village and then coming around and joining the other tracks there. Obviously, the platforms would also have to be rebuilt there as well. Which "Bridge" are you talking about? The problem as I see it is that Belmont Park makes a connection only to the southernmost of the Main Line, and that only one of those connections is going westbound. But that's just one single tracking problem over a very short segment, measuring maybe bit longer than a 10 car train, as I remember it, before one gets to the switches determining whether one ends up on the eastern or western sides of the terminal. True, it would nice if the eastbound connection could be made into a westbound connection linking to one of the two northern tracks, but that adds lots of expense. I'd focus more on making moves to/from the spur speedier so that the grade crossing left less potential for delays. Since there's more than enough terminal capacity - 8 tracks holding 8 or 10 cars, as I recall - to hold westbound trains as an eastbound train comes into Belmont Pk terminal, I don't see that very short segment of single-tracking being a problem. |
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