Rockingham Racer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:12 pm Ashland: an accident waiting to happen.No kidding, though at least the trains are maxed at 35 mph
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Rockingham Racer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 04, 2019 8:12 pm Ashland: an accident waiting to happen.No kidding, though at least the trains are maxed at 35 mph
njt/mnrrbuff wrote: ↑Tue Nov 05, 2019 4:52 pm Ashland would be a great town to have a pedestrian underpass beneath the station.There are actually three colleges in New London-- Conn, Mitchell and the Coast Guard Academy (which is across the street from Conn, and with which Conn shares some facilities.) Then there's also US Naval Submarine Base New London and its associated Naval Submarine School. The base is homeport to no fewer than 14 Los Angeles and Virginia-class boats, and pretty much every officer and enlisted man who serves on a US submarine cycles through there for training. All in all, there are a lot of people traveling through that station, particularly on holidays.
Back to New London Station-elevators are definately needed. When any station has any pedestrian overpass or even an underpass, it's in the best interest to have an elevator not only for elderly people, but for people of all ages who are carrying suitcases. There are two colleges in New London-Connecticut and Mitchell. When students head home for breaks, the ones that live close enough to the Northeast Corridor will use the train. My brother attended Connecticut College from 1997 to 2001 and more often than not, he took Amtrak back to Newark, NJ. I think he had one suitcase with him whenever he came home to visit us. Whenever I would visit my brother on my of my trips, I would watch trains there. I wish I could have taken the train more to visit him. From what I remember, many of the trains would stop on the track closest to the station building. I think when the NEC was fully electrified, many northbound Amtraks would stop on the middle track while the southbounds stopped on the track closest to the station. When two trains are scheduled to meet at New London, it's probably chaos with many people trying to get to both platforms at once.
Gilbert B Norman wrote: Mr. NJT/MNR---Has been that way since 1969!
Interesting; Connecticut College For Women is now Co-Ed
Gilbert B Norman wrote: Mr. NJT/MNR---Has been that way since 1969!
Interesting; Connecticut College For Women is now Co-Ed