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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 Mon Apr 13 14:26:19 2009, in response to Re: Significant part of former LIRR Wading River Branch to become rail trail, posted by Osmosis Jones on Mon Apr 13 14:07:51 2009. Yaphank (or more specifically, the William Floyd Parkway corridor) is basically the "suburbanization" line, or the commuter territory line at current. It used to be Route 112, but that has shifted.The LIRR would have plenty of options if they wanted a yard in Riverhead, and if they had to move the actual station location in Riverhead, there are plenty of options that would allow space. But Riverhead would never get the "onslaught". It wouldn't even need that hourly service Ronkonkmoma gets....but Yaphank could use that, as most of the east people would instead come to Yaphank. Once you get east of Yaphank, you reach the point of diminishing returns. Furthermore, the LIRR already owns a piece of land for a yard somewhere in Manorville, which is probably where electrification would officially end. Last I heard, their piece of land is in the protected pine barrens, and they were trying to do a land swap with Suffolk County for a nearby piece of land outside the pine barrons. |
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