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Re: (erielack) To MidTown via Moscow; forget F40s

"MDelvec952_@_aol.com" wrote:

> In a message dated 6/25/00 9:56:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, STEVE Z 10
> writes:
>
> > In my opinion most of the riders coming in from Pennsylvania will get off in
> Morris county towns to work! I think we should have shuttle service from
> Scranton to Dover or  even perhaps Summit!
>
> You're likely right.  And what might become the ultimate solution for the New
> York-bound Scrantonians is to change at Dover or Summit or Newark (hi-levels
> here are in the future) for a waiting MidTown connecting train.  But right now
> the trains and the schedules to NYP are too full to accomodate any major
> increase in patronage. The remaining schedule slots will dissappear after the
> Allied Junction station is operational, and just wait to see what the Penn
> Station congestion is like then.
>
>                            ....Mike

Mike,

If high level platforms in Newark mean taking out track one through the station,
somebody is making a huge mistake that has the potential to cripple the system
especially when the Boonton Line trains are added to the mix of Newark traffic.

Just MHO,

Steve



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