by gravelyfan
Tri-State Tom wrote:RS -
The coach yards were/are at South Orange ( gone - now athletic fields ), Summit ( intack but rarely used for coach storage ), Morristown ( intack but remodeled/refurbished by NJT for URHS equipment storage ) and Dover ( intact but recently expanded by NJT ).
Tom,
Summit yard, which is very small, while not used for overnight layover, is used, particularly during the am, as there are a number of trains which get staged in the yard over the course of the morning waiting for a shot onto the platform. This includes some of the 63xx series Summit-PSNY trains that have been added over the past two or so years.
It would be interesting to compare the number of peak period trains, and coaches assigned, to Midtown Direct on day 1 (June 10, 1996, IIRC) and today. Remember there was one train every half hour, with maybe 6 cars?
With the April 25 timetable, there are now four trains (6410, 6616, 6316, 6614) that collectively provide for the 800 to 815 psny arrival, with probably 33 to 35 cars between the 4 trains.