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Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Apr 12 22:36:23 2009, in response to Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 12 22:23:46 2009. And what has followed . . . ?Suburbanization along the Ronkonkoma branch after electrification did not increase with that electrification, it was ALREADY suburbanized when that electrification came. In fact, it was suburbanized by the 60's and 70's at LEAST to Medford. Most of Medford was developed in the 1960's and 70's. What the electrification DID DO however was canibilize the Port Jeff and Montauk branches' riderships, especially that of Port Jeff. Ronkonkoma is only mayhem because of all the people coming there ARTIFICIALLY. Ronkonkoma isn't all that suburban, in fact, not to what you would think when you see the parking lot there. The VAST majority of the people using the Ronkonkoma station, probably close to 90% are from OTHER communities north, south, and mostly east of Ronkonkoma. In fact, the electrification has done VERY LITTLE to change what Ronkonkoma the community looked like before and after the electrification, all it changed was the station areas themselves, and that's about it. ALL of the communities along the electrified Ronkonkoma Branch have changed very little since the electrification, all of them were developed in the 50's, 60's, and 70's, and were basically complete by the 70's. |
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