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LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes! |
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Posted by Charles G on Sat Nov 22 18:38:01 2014 Plenty of seats available...From the Newsday article preview: No passengers were on the first inbound train at 6:50 a.m., and one person was on the train's return to West Hempstead at 8:06 a.m. Just one passenger headed out on the second train from the West Hempstead... |
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Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes! |
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Posted by Joe V on Sat Nov 22 18:52:27 2014, in response to LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Charles G on Sat Nov 22 18:38:01 2014. 4-1/2 years of no service, and it will take time to get back into people's patterns. |
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Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes! |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Nov 22 18:57:55 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Joe V on Sat Nov 22 18:52:27 2014. Yup the old, quasi-erratic schedule could have filled 2 cars pretty well... they usually opened 4 so it was quite comfortable |
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Posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Nov 22 19:03:20 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Nov 22 18:57:55 2014. That dreaded middle seat was not needed today. |
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Posted by Andrew Saucci on Sat Nov 22 19:47:03 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sat Nov 22 19:03:20 2014. Maybe someone wanted to use a middle seat as long as no one was on either side. |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sat Nov 22 20:07:49 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Nov 22 18:57:55 2014. I rode a peak train once that half it's seats still available into Jamaica. |
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Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes! |
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Posted by ntrainride on Sat Nov 22 22:34:15 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Joe V on Sat Nov 22 18:52:27 2014. usual lament: if only it connected to a re-built line up to mineola.but i suppose a true north-south cross island rail transit line will have to wait until the route 110 three track el is built from main street, huntington to merrick road, amityville. which will connect at republic with the franklin avenue-hempstead turnpike four track subway running from republic to mineola lirr. so there. |
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Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes! |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Nov 23 10:49:47 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by ntrainride on Sat Nov 22 22:34:15 2014. No, what's needed is hourly thru service. On weekends, the Hempstead line should be routed into NYP and the WH line should run hourly to Atlantic Terminal. |
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Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes! |
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Posted by Concourse Express on Sun Nov 23 11:12:43 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Nov 23 10:49:47 2014. I agree; WH extension should run via Saint Albans to give that station hourly service (it is currently the only one within NYC that sees bihourly weekend service).Visit my blog! |
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Posted by TUNNELRAT on Sun Nov 23 11:18:52 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by ntrainride on Sat Nov 22 22:34:15 2014. there was a cross county trolley service that ran from huntington harbor to amittyville.it was built by the lirr and lasted from 1900 to 1910. |
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Posted by Kriston Lewis on Sun Nov 23 13:16:31 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Concourse Express on Sun Nov 23 11:12:43 2014. I'm not 100% sure, but the track configuration prevents that. |
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Posted by SLRT on Sun Nov 23 15:07:43 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Kriston Lewis on Sun Nov 23 13:16:31 2014. Any service from east of Valley Stream can take either the Montauk or Atlantic branches. |
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Posted by SLRT on Sun Nov 23 15:09:27 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by TUNNELRAT on Sun Nov 23 11:18:52 2014. I believe it lasted longer than that. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 23 15:11:01 2014, in response to LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Charles G on Sat Nov 22 18:38:01 2014. They destroyed any weekend service the line had by taking it away. It will take time to rebuild it.Personally, I think they would have been better to build the east of Greenport service with usable service. It's completely impossible to use with the so few trains they run there. There IS a market to build there. On West Hempstead, there are other options available nearby. |
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Posted by SLRT on Sun Nov 23 15:18:20 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by SLRT on Sun Nov 23 15:09:27 2014. 1890 to 1927. |
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Posted by SLRT on Sun Nov 23 15:21:21 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Nov 23 15:11:01 2014. It's not either/or. Killing West Hempstead service wouldn't make them more willing to provide more service elsewhere. |
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Posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Sun Nov 23 17:53:33 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Concourse Express on Sun Nov 23 11:12:43 2014. St. Albans is currently being served by Babylon branch trains even though it's on the West Hempstead timetable.wayne |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Nov 23 19:16:53 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Kriston Lewis on Sun Nov 23 13:16:31 2014. Prevents, no, Makes more difficult, yes. Thru trains from WH can use both the Atlantic and Montauk branches (and do). |
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Posted by Concourse Express on Sun Nov 23 19:33:51 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Wayne-MrSlantR40 on Sun Nov 23 17:53:33 2014. I'm well aware. I figured bihourly Babs service + bihourly West Hemp service = hourly St. Albans service. Either that or have Babs trains stop there once an hour...Visit my blog! |
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Posted by Concourse Express on Sun Nov 23 19:37:10 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Nov 23 19:16:53 2014. If the WH trains become thru trains, is it necessary for them to continue serving Valley Stream? (I'm assuming track conflicts are present only in the case of trains making that stop?)Visit my blog! |
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Posted by gp38/r42 chris on Sun Nov 23 19:47:44 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by ntrainride on Sat Nov 22 22:34:15 2014. Actually......they should have connected it to the Hempstead line and run it as a one track loop line off peak in a clockwise pattern. |
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Posted by TUNNELRAT on Sun Nov 23 19:56:16 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by SLRT on Sun Nov 23 15:18:20 2014. next time I,m in the valley stream library I,ll check the booklet on it. |
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Posted by Joe V on Sun Nov 23 20:33:25 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by Concourse Express on Sun Nov 23 19:37:10 2014. They can do whatever they want with routings and stops at Valley and/or St ALbans.In the late 1990's, after 25 years, Long Beach was promoted to a New York branch, and Far Rockaway again ran thru to Brooklyn, hourly, on weekends. Perhaps it is time for another promotion, and relieve Babylon trains of a nuisance stop. |
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Posted by ntrainride on Sun Nov 23 20:42:26 2014, in response to Re: LIRR weekend West Hempstead service resumes!, posted by TUNNELRAT on Sun Nov 23 11:18:52 2014. i'm hip. although at this point i'd take a brt. |
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