by CLamb
What is the Hoboken terminal capacity? How much of its maximum capacity is currently being used?
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trainbrain wrote:The issue with >6 car trains explains why there are the three Multilevel sets when they could've just as easily put them on the NEC and kept the Main/Bergen Line all single level. They used to run a few 7 car sets in Main/Bergen service (not Port Jervis), and that stopped when the began running Multilevels there.The Hoboken Division is home to four 7-cars sets.
SecaucusJunction wrote:Way back in the day, they typically ran 8-9 car sets on commuter trains...Now, those cars are all going to Penn. If they had more coaches, perhaps they would run longer Hoboken trains.
trainbrain wrote:There are three Multilevel sets on the Main/Bergen Line which are all 6 cars. In the evening rush they are on 1167, 1169, and 1173. In the morning I know one is on 1154, I think one is on 1152, but I don't know where the third one is.There are five ML sets in rotation on the Main and Bergen. Three start in Hoboken, one from Suffern and one from Raritan. The Raritan set only does one round trip on the Erie Lines but the other four cycle all day.
trainbrain wrote:I'm also not sure if they've reactivated Track 5 where the Fall 2016 crash was.5 Depot remains out of service. The bumping block and the signal have yet to be replaced for whatever reason.
SecaucusJunction wrote:1169 used to be 7 single levels until the change to ML. For a time last Spring/Summer, the train was running with 7 ML. There is still a 7 car NJT single level set out of Suffern.One YouTube video shows an 8 car comet set on the erie main in harriman back in 1983. The issue i was told was that the seating configuration on the trains was different. 2x2 as opposed to 3x2
The 8 or 9 car sets used to be prevalent in the 1980's/early 1990's. I believe many platforms along the Main Line have been shortened from what they once were. If you look at the Ramsey station, the platform used to extend across the street (you can still see where it used to be)