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Re: Opposition to ARC Project Grows |
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Posted by WillD on Wed Jul 9 19:09:32 2008, in response to Re: Opposition to ARC Project Grows, posted by trainsarefun on Wed Jul 9 17:49:07 2008. A viable, but somewhat expensive alternative might be to create a commuter rail tunnel running along the spine of NY. I figure you'd have four tracks joining together around 5th and 30th or so. Two tracks would feed from the LIRR's ESA terminal, and two tracks would come from NJT's ARC terminal. It is likely there would be stations at major cross streets, perhaps 23rd and 14th, and the southern end station would be near the WTC. South of there the NJT and LIRR tracks would again split, with NJT trains heading toward a Jersey City station and LIRR trains heading toward a Brooklyn station under Flatbush Ave. It is also possible that at the north end there could be provisions for the operation of NJT trains to ESA platforms or LIRR trains to ARC platforms which may be opened up by their conversion from terminal to through stations. The same may hold at the southern end, perhaps allowing NJ to Brooklyn trains for sporting events in either place. Of course freight would be difficult at best to run through the Atlantic Ave tunnel, so this runs counter to my previous plans to combine everything through Lower Manhattan. This plan may involve extensive tunneling under Manhattan, but it does provide for a solution to the terminal problem which keeps the participants separate entities and works within the existing and planned infrastructure. |
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