Riverfront Stadium station is completely pointless and has been for a long time, especially now that the namesake stadium is gone.
That being said, tying this branch into the old Erie Newark Branch would probably bring missing ridership.
(Now of course, I got into it on Facebook calling some people racist about claiming it's going to be a thug producer and heroin superhighway, but, well, those people are those people.)
I didn't get into teaching for the promotions or the pension plans or so I could get to the golf course by 3:45. I did it because I wanted to help you kids. I'd forgotten that, till today. -- Principal Peter Prickly.