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Re: No Future MN New Haven Line Service to Penn Station ?? |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sun Feb 14 16:39:18 2010, in response to Re: No Future MN New Haven Line Service to Penn Station ??, posted by Andrew Saucci on Sat Feb 13 17:03:11 2010. The capacity constraint there may be the two tunnels, not whether LIRR is willing or able to sacrifice slots in the existing station.The issue is terminal, not track, capacity. It's exacerbated by the fact that tks 1-4 at NYP, which are the core of NJT operations, are stub-end. If the new tunnels and terminal are completed, maybe no one will care about vacant LIRR slots in the existing terminal. AMTK certainly will care, and probably NJT will too, especially in LIRR capacity on tks 13-17. Telecommuting may not eliminate the need for this capacity, but it certainly will reduce it. Even if 30% of Manhattan commuters stay home one or two days a week, that's a huge drop in ridership. It's a valid point, but rather unsupported by the evidence for the foreseeable future. |
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