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Posted by trainsarefun on Fri Dec 25 21:13:43 2009, in response to Re: Future expansion wish list?, posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Dec 25 19:54:34 2009. I have to check the rulebook, but I believe there are no 80MPH sections of the PW line, even between Flushing and Winfield.That is correct. Highest MAS is 60 mph, and most trains never reach that. He is right though the LIRR would certainly be faster than a subway via Queens Blvd. Perhaps faster in terms of running time - it's debatable, for the reasons I gave in my prior post. Still, I mentioned tying it in with SAS and a super express via the LIRR main line. Not sure how you could get a NYCT service to go via LIRR Main Line, but I may well have a senior citizen's discount by the time that this SAS thing gets moving into the later phases anyway. I'd put Union Tpke line at the LIE til Queens College, then dip down to St Johns and run via Union Tpke from there to Lake Success. Seems to me like a line that hits a lot of parkland. Given only so big a pot of transit dollars, not the best idea. |
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