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Re: Re-Open LIRR 'White Pot Junction |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sun Mar 9 10:06:07 2008, in response to Re: Re-Open LIRR 'White Pot Junction, posted by Kew Gardens Teleport on Sun Mar 9 08:45:02 2008. I can only blame them when it saves no time, or even slows things down.Put it this way: quite a few summers ago, they were replacing switches just 'south' of Roosevelt Ave on the Queens Blvd Line, which necessitated slow speeds through the region, which given the close proximity of the station didn't bode well for running time on the express. The local had no such problems. Even after weeks, people would persist in taking the express, and then switching to the local at Roosevelt Av, where they would bitch and moan about how bad the ride was, since congestion on the local track would then tend to increase as one got closer to Forest Hills on account of backup issues into the relay. I even see this on LIRR, nowadays. The local train leaves first making all stops to Great Neck. The Port Washington express leaves next, making first stop: Bayside, then Great Neck and all stops. People will seriously wonder how the express train doesn't get there first, which unless it can fly over the leading train that left 10 minutes before it, just won't happen. But when express trains make sense, fantastic! I just don't think that people should be blithely ignorant and think that whatever their purposes, the express will save time. |
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