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Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail

Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Apr 12 23:35:40 2009, in response to Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail, posted by RonInBayside on Sun Apr 12 23:14:30 2009.

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I don't know how possible that would be, as it's fully developed along the ROW, and any majore strengthening would be very hard politically in a location that is HIGHLY vocal, as we have seen in all the plans put forth for the line that failed.
And even with that, the Port Jeff line will never be as fast as the very straight Ronkonkoma line, and it may be too little, too late for to electrify. If they had electrified to Port Jeff before Ronkonkoma, when the Port Jeff line was still the LIRR's premier line, it would never have lost it's ridership to the Ronkonkoma line. The result? Those people are spoiled by Ronkonkoma's one hour ride to the city, which the Port Jeff line would never be able to beat, even if electrified.

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