by nick11a
R36 Combine Coach wrote:They certainly could, but the ridership isn't all that much west of Dover to warrant it. Remember, much of the cars parked at Mount Arlington Train Station are bus riders, not train riders. However, if NJT wanted to create a jump in the train ridership there, this would be the way to do it.... along with adding more trains. As for the other stations west of Dover, they get even less ridership.nick11a wrote:Using them for west of Dover MidTOWN Direct service (not enough demand yet for this, forget that as well).With the ALP45s, it's already possible, so why not extend a few current peak Dover trains to Mt. Olive or Hopatcong as a trial?
jackintosh11 wrote:Why not redistribute service with some trains that go to NYP rerouted to hoboken and diesel trains go to NYP with dual modes?Because NJT wants people to ride to New York on their trains and pay them the New York fare and not pass that money over to PATH or the ferries. Besides that, they have an established clientele on the electric lines that go to New York already. The majority of these electric trains run to New York. Rerouting trains to Hoboken would alienate some of their passengers as they don't want to go to Hoboken.... and at Hoboken, they are getting to NYC by other means and not paying NJT the NYC fare.
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