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Originally Posted by ntrainride
Central Branch, at the Sunrise Highway trestle in Lindenhurst. Or perhaps where the Central crosses 110. For that matter, it'd be good to see more trains headed up the branch from Babylon. Be a perfect way for Suffolk County south shore residents to commute to the busy government, employment and shopping areas of Hicksville, Westbury and Mineola.
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The "Central Branch" seems very underused. I'm always surprised when people even know this exists. I think only 3-4 trains run on it total per day, and don't most of them skip Hicksville and all the Main Line stops? You should, in theory, be able to do a Babylon-Huntington trip very easily this way with a transfer at Hicksville. You could do Lindenhurst to Port Jefferson the same way, for that matter... but of course,
that would make way too much sense so it doesn't operate like that at all.
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Originally Posted by Quick Commenter
How about sinking the line as it goes through downtown Syosset so one can actually drive thru that area? Better than an ugly trestle (sorry Hicksville) and would relieve traffic congestion the same way it is done in Manhasset.
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Another good idea... I like those sunken platforms on the Port Washington Branch. Great design, great layout...
Here's GREAT Neck:
Up top...
...and down below
Very nice. I can't even imagine how expensive something like that would be to build in this day and age. Too bad we didn't get more of them back when it cost $5 a day to pay a 30 man crew.
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