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DutchRailnut wrote:you obviously did not read Penn Central's responce
checkthedoorlight wrote:why would MNRR want to SHORTEN the platforms?
checkthedoorlight wrote:The reason to have a longer platform is not so much for the benefit of the passengers waiting on the platform as for the passengers on the train who will get off at Melrose or Tremont. By only having the first/last two cars platform, someone who is NOT in those cars must walk back, through the train. This delays what would otherwise be a quick stop. Announcements get made, but not everyone listens.
PC1100 wrote:Melrose actually WAS abandoned for a short time back in 1988. However, by 1989 it was back in the timetables. Morrisania and 183rd Street were closed in 1973 shortly before the high level platforms were built in the Bronx. If you look at old NYC timetables going back to at least the 1950s, service to those two stops was very limited, especially 183rd Street. The NYC tried to close it around 1952 when they closed Claremont Parkway, but they were unsuccessful. Many of the Bronx local trains, which did stop at Melrose and Tremont, skipped Morrisania and 183rd. There must have been some ridership at Melrose, even in the early '70s, to justify building high levels.
Union Tpke wrote:According to two Harlem Line timetables in my collection Melrose was removed from the April 3, 1988 timetable but was reinstated on the June 19, 1988 timetable. There are two NY Times articles that describe the predicament of the station. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/29/nyre ... d-why.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/01/nyre ... ation.html
Do any of you guys know the exact closing dates for 183rd Street, Morrisania and Claremont Park? Thanks.
ExCon90 wrote:I thought that was Fordham and that NH trains were not permitted to stop at other local stations (TT) east of Woodlawn to prevent "poaching" in NYC territory. I can't remember whether there was a restriction against NH trains carrying local passengers between Fordham and GCT.
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