by njtmnrrbuff
Hopefully when the double track project is completed on the SSL, more trains will be extended to Carroll Avenue Station. I hope that there are some more extended to South Bend, although not many people will want to make the daily commute from SOB-CHI and back.
Comparing the South Shore Line to MNR's Hudson Line, as I mentioned, it is about a 70 mile train ride from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central. You might have as many passengers boarding a MNR train at Poughkeepsie working in Manhattan. However, once the train gets to Beacon, then this is where you have more of your Manhattan bound commuters. Beacon has a park 'n' ride style lot at the MNR station. I think Beacon is about 60 miles from GCT. During the week at rush hour times, MNR runs a few trains that run nonstop from GCT to Beacon, I think. Most other times of the day, the Poughkeepsie expresses skip many stops south of Ossining-they stop at Tarrytown and 125th Street.
Comparing the South Shore Line to MNR's Hudson Line, as I mentioned, it is about a 70 mile train ride from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central. You might have as many passengers boarding a MNR train at Poughkeepsie working in Manhattan. However, once the train gets to Beacon, then this is where you have more of your Manhattan bound commuters. Beacon has a park 'n' ride style lot at the MNR station. I think Beacon is about 60 miles from GCT. During the week at rush hour times, MNR runs a few trains that run nonstop from GCT to Beacon, I think. Most other times of the day, the Poughkeepsie expresses skip many stops south of Ossining-they stop at Tarrytown and 125th Street.