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Posted by trainsarefun on Fri Dec 25 21:45:35 2009, in response to Re: Future expansion wish list?, posted by NIMBYkiller on Fri Dec 25 19:37:30 2009. If 3rd track is built I think we'll still see the majority of those "east of Babylon" trains operating via the Babylon line.OK then, take the 22 tph figure and add on 12 tph. That covers maximum south shore requirements at a fantasy AM peak hour and assumes that the Central Branch gathers rust. Remember that this involves the ESA service increase and no cuts. Likely, we're talking less service in reality than this, especially considering that LIRR likely won't purchase the cars to run the 74 total AM peak hour trains that they proposed to. The main line will fill up the 3rd track with reverse commute trains and the remaining two peak direction tracks will probably fill up with more Ronkonkoma (Farmingdale?) and Huntington trains. Under the ESA proposal, between DIVIDE and QUEENS on the Main Line, it's supposed to be 22 peak tph, an increase of 10 tph. Seems bogus, and if true, then totally unnecessary and wasteful. and G-d willing a better diesel fleet allowing more service from diesel territory on the PJ and OB line As I indicated, I favor completion of electrification on the Port Jefferson Branch. However, under the demand guidelines that would ensure that LIRR bleeds less money, much Oyster Bay Branch service should be cut. How they need extra service is beyond me, and the service already is underloaded. An examination of reality will reveal, I think, that LIRR by no means needs the 24 peak tph increase contemplated by ESA. LI population didn't grow by anything like that and most people on LI work on LI; taking here that LI means Nassau and Suffolk Counties. LIRR will, I predict, show this awareness by not purchasing enough EMUs to run the projected 74 trains in the AM peak hour, although I will also predict that they will retire and replace the M3s. |
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