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Head-end View wrote:I agree. This Brooklyn shuttle is a bad idea and I predict a public relations nightmare when the passengers find out what's happening.
flexliner wrote:Head-end View wrote:I agree. This Brooklyn shuttle is a bad idea and I predict a public relations nightmare when the passengers find out what's happening.
even after looking at before and after track diagrams i still do not see where there is that much crossover between lines at either end of JAM
at present IIRC, NYP trains coming east go over the FBA trains and use 7-8 while FBA trains use 6
leaving JAM most NYP trains go to the mainline even those to Babylon.
most FBA trains duck under to the Atlantic branch.
so where is all the crossing over they are looking to eliminate?
the GCT trains could use 8 along with the HPA LIC runs
similar going west.
most trains for NYP (or HPA or GCT) will use 1-2 and come from the mainline and leaving JAM veer right
the FBA trains come up from under (atlantic br.) and use 3 and then duck under the EB NY tracks.
other than harassing FBA commuters by forcing an up and over from new platform F (tracks 10-11 or whatever)
would still like to understand what the huge advantage of the new platform is
flexliner wrote:Will the up and over shuffle with it's greater potential for missed connections actually reduce people congestion
flexliner wrote:Will the up and over shuffle with it's greater potential for missed connections actually reduce people congestion more than a quick cross platform transfer?
And why not add a platform and track zero to the right of track 1 and a track 9 opposite 8? That way the potential for cross platform transfer remains and the FBA and Atlantic branch trains will still use the inner tracks (3 and 6)
Frank wrote:The point of the program is to reduce train congestion by not having trains cross other tracks west of Jamaica. I don't think this program is a bad idea although I wish they could build a flyover east of Jamaica.
MattAmity90 wrote:West Hempstead trains no longer stop at St. Albans. The branch sees little service and instead is more like a shuttle where trains go back and forth from West Hempstead to Valley Stream where customers have to board a train from Far Rockaway, Long Beach, or sometimes a Babylon. St. Albans is now serviced by only the Babylon and Long Beach Branches.
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