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Posted by WillD on Wed Dec 30 00:18:38 2009, in response to Re: ARC to GCT - Why Not the Option of Choice?, posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Dec 29 23:35:20 2009. You need to allow at least 10 minutes to load a train, that much NYP has taught us. With any luck NJT will set up the station such that there is no single entry point to the platforms, but I strongly suspect that they will do so. In fact I'm inclined to believe the platform access at ARC will actually be worse than NYP. Beyond the time to load passengers the crew is going to need at least 5 minutes without the passengers around to get the train turned around, or to swap crews. After all, you don't want passengers sitting on an unattended train, right? Then you need to allow at least 5 minutes for schedule padding so you don't have perpetually late trains for something as inconsequential as loading and unloading a wheelchair at enroute stations. You *might* be able to cut out the 5 minutes of crew time, and you could really hurry the boarding process along to reduce it to an 8 or 9 minute period, but people will likely be left behind, and in theory you're making the operation less safe.LIRR brings in DH/ and out in 10 min or less, NJT could do it too. These aren't exactly deadheads, are they? Sure, some NJT trains will enter the terminal and relay as deadheads, and you may be able to get them fumigated and the platform mostly cleared in less than 10 minutes. But many trains will return to NJ as revenue trips, and then you'll need to either develop a robust passenger handling infrastructure within the station to allow for bidirectional flows, or you'll need to hold the train there until the flow of alighting passengers weakens and allows the boarding passengers down the stairs and onto the platform. |
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