by philipmartin
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EuroStar wrote:What the article does not say is that NJT did not provide a single dollar of funding for the expanded West End Concourse. The money is mostly federal and MTA -- there is no reason for the MTA to spend any money on NJT passengers, so people should not be complaining. Indeed I suspect that the electronic boards in that concourse will be MTA's boards, not Amtrak's, so people will not be able to wait there to see which track their NJT train is on.Never mind the fact the floors are being redone due to bad work. (cracks) see amtrak board
Somewhere I remember seeing that the extension to platforms 1 and 2 was also supposed to be paid by NJT. Given the severe capital problems of the agency, that is unlikely to happen any time during the next 15-20 years.
JamesRR wrote:Either way, passengers won't really benefit on NJT for departing trains, as those who are boarding on track 1-4 cannot use the WEC - and since track assignments are not consistent, passengers have to wait in the main terminal. For arrivals, it will be a godsend, though.It will also be good for anyone checking Departure Vision for the track on their way to the station. And some trains come from Sunnyside and are consistently (though not guaranteed) on tracks 5 and up.
mohawkrailfan wrote:Yes - and now that NYCT has service in underground stations, checking Depature Vision on the way to Penn is possible for those getting there by subway.JamesRR wrote:Either way, passengers won't really benefit on NJT for departing trains, as those who are boarding on track 1-4 cannot use the WEC - and since track assignments are not consistent, passengers have to wait in the main terminal. For arrivals, it will be a godsend, though.It will also be good for anyone checking Departure Vision for the track on their way to the station. And some trains come from Sunnyside and are consistently (though not guaranteed) on tracks 5 and up.
EuroStar wrote: NJTransit boardings at Penn Station per year:Usually this calls for added service. Instead, NJ Transit cut some late night options last year.
2014 -- 87,130
2015 -- 92,312
2016 -- 94,859
philipmartin wrote: http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/201 ... _stai.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;This article says there are already stairs, closed at the time (March), to tracks 3,4, 5, and 6 as part of the west end concourse.
pumpers wrote:It says their are staircases to platforms 3, 4, 5, 6, serving tracks 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12: platform i serves tracks 2i-1 and 2i.philipmartin wrote: http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/201 ... _stai.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;This article says there are already stairs, closed at the time (March), to tracks 3,4, 5, and 6 as part of the west end concourse.
Access to 5 and up is now open as posted and in all the news articles. Everywhere I have read 1-4 is in the forever future.
Is there really already a stairwell to tracks 3 and 4 that could be opened as part of the West End concourse? Or is the article linked above just plain wrong?
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