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Posted by trainsarefun on Sat Dec 26 23:27:34 2009, in response to Re: Future expansion wish list?, posted by NIMBYkiller on Sat Dec 26 16:43:18 2009. I'm talking about the one and only OB branch.That's the green one on the map? It doesn't look straight to me....  If anything, you're talking about the West Hempstead line. Or the Far Rockaway Branch. But also Oyster Bay. And you're right, the answer currently is no, LIRR does not do what those people want. Why? Because the line is painfully slow for no reason at all, so everyone who can instead drives to either Syosset or Manhasset. Electrify it and you'll see ridership numbers jump. Isn't that just spending a lot of money to rob Peter to pay Paul, where Peter is the Port Branches and Paul is the OYster Bay Branch? And what was this different purpose and different alignment when it was built? Know your LIRR history. And you mention the answer in your post, in paragraph 3, so I assume that you do. Brooklyn, however, is a destination. Sure, it's a destination. But most LIRR passengers change to the subway there anyway. So I view a lot of this as really moot. That's why I'm saying discounting things that aren't currently on the table is a BIG mistake and will only serve to screw us in the future. The way to cure such ills is through getting LI towns to appreciate what development can do for them. It is a BIG mistake now to so underutilize valuable rail infrastructure by running a paltry few underloaded trains on it. Wang owns the Coliseum so it's not like he's just some hopeful with no other ties to the area. If there's any hope of development in that area, it's through him. We shall see about Lighthouse. He and his partners were refused by Plainview already, so they had no choice but to go as of right. |
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