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Re: Staten Island Railway - the days of free rides are coming ot an end |
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Posted by Hank Eisenstein on Thu Mar 11 10:46:08 2010, in response to Re: Staten Island Railway - the days of free rides are coming ot an end, posted by arnine on Mon Mar 8 18:15:43 2010. As was pointed out repeatedly, the costs significantly outweigh the benefits. As pointed out in this thread, which contains the entire referenced article, establishing fare control at ONE station with a center platform cost $6.9M, and expected annual revenue is $702k. If this were a business, this would not be a justifiable expense; more likely, the station would simply be closed, with passengers forced to transfer to buses at St. George. Unless you're looking for a tax dodge, no one is going to make that kind of investment.Most rush hour trains, even the locals, skip the station. Most passengers not heading to/from St. George are transferring to/from local buses at one end of their 'free' trip on the SIR; their fares are captured anyway. And there were not as many people making the 'free' trip to the Ferry that included the walk anyway; there are a number of businesses in the Tompkinsville area that it is its own destination. |
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