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I addressed the long term LIRR plans , money is not the issue its the Nimby's. Restoring the Hempstead line would relive Main line and provide a faster way for Ronkonama...trains...adding new stations is not the answer....restoring lines is.
I addressed the long term LIRR plans , money is not the issue its the Nimby's. Restoring the Hempstead line would relive Main line and provide a faster way for Ronkonama...trains...adding new stations is not the answer....restoring lines is.
I forgot to mention that the ESA and system upgrades are at the top of the list anything else will have to wait intill there done. But this should make restoring things cheaper and easier.
I forgot to mention that the ESA and system upgrades are at the top of the list anything else will have to wait intill there done. But this should make restoring things cheaper and easier.
...and the luddites blocking the third track to Hicksville sure aren't helping. Just like those "upscale" folks are now beefing over the addition of that holding track near Great Neck.
It makes far more sense to herd all the Brookhaven cattle through the Ronko Islip border.
If memory serves its second only to Jamaica in terms of volume.
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That's not true. Hicksville is the busiest station in Nassau and Suffolk volume wise and Mineola gets the most trains. There are many stations busier than Ronkonkoma. Huntington, Great Neck, Valley Stream just to name a few.
Exactly what we need... more stops on the Ronkonkoma line... lets make an already long commute longer by adding another stop.
Only way this works is if you reconfigure the tracks so you can start trains there.
They should do the same thing Metro North does on the Harlem line. Extend electrification out to Yaphank. Give busier sations like Bethpage, Deer Park and Ronkonkoma 30 min service alternate slower stations like Medford and Wyandanch with hourly service. Less stops and quicker service to NYC. and people can still connect at stations like Ronkonkoma if they need to get off at a station that doesn't alternate with their station. It works for the Harlem line and the Hudson line where they have hourly service plus Amtrack service all the way to Poughkeepsie. That's further from NY than Riverhead.
That's not true. Hicksville is the busiest station in Nassau and Suffolk volume wise and Mineola gets the most trains. There are many stations busier than Ronkonkoma. Huntington, Great Neck, Valley Stream just to name a few.
Would you please offer the data that supports that.
I couldnt find it
I think you may be wrong.
my wife who goes from Hicksville to Penn everyday just commented on this... it would save her 30-40 minutes of A,C,E subway time if they could add a new station on the east side of Manhattan. I'd bet half the passengers would get off... and I suppose they'd have to build a Penn2 to support all the activity.
They should do the same thing Metro North does on the Harlem line. Extend electrification out to Yaphank. Give busier sations like Bethpage, Deer Park and Ronkonkoma 30 min service alternate slower stations like Medford and Wyandanch with hourly service. Less stops and quicker service to NYC. and people can still connect at stations like Ronkonkoma if they need to get off at a station that doesn't alternate with their station. It works for the Harlem line and the Hudson line where they have hourly service plus Amtrack service all the way to Poughkeepsie. That's further from NY than Riverhead.
Besides electrification to Yaphank you need to solve the single track sections from Ronkonkoma to CI, CI to Brentwood and Deer Park to Farmingdale.
If you dont solve the single track issue, electrification to Yaphank solves nothing.
my wife who goes from Hicksville to Penn everyday just commented on this... it would save her 30-40 minutes of A,C,E subway time if they could add a new station on the east side of Manhattan. I'd bet half the passengers would get off... and I suppose they'd have to build a Penn2 to support all the activity.
Its called ESA (East Side Access) and its already being built.
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