Re: (erielack) Lets get down to Earth........

["Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com>]

- --- bill guimes <vze3fhdr_@_verizon.net> wrote:
> I won't start a I heard/you heard thread. If you've heard conflicting 
> stories, so be it, but this is what NJT people have told me about the 
> Cutoff:
...
> They say all track and signal work can be  completed in 90 days.

This is awfully fast considering the amount of stuff that has to be put
underground (signal system and its power).

> There will be only one or two stops between Stroudsburg and Port 
> Morris; Blairstown and ____________. (fill in the blank)

Andover.

> NJT is working with Pa. for Stroudsburg service. From Stroudsburg west 
> NJT has no interest. Amtrak took a quick look at 
> Binghamton/Scranton/Stroudsburg/NYC, and decided it wasn't feasible.

The Major Investment Study indicates that a subsidy contract will be
developed for NJT to operate the trains, similar to the arrangement with
Metro-North for Port Jervis and Spring Valley service.

> If this happens, because of the lack of track and storage capacity east
> of Dover, the Stroudsburg trains will terminate in Dover, and be stored 
> mid-day in either Dover or Port Morris.

This is the first I've heard of this.  The MIS says the trains will go
through to Hoboken.  There IS room at Hoboken or the MMC for two or three
trains.  At least one off-peak train is planned to run west in the
morning, returning late in the afternoon in time for a trip to Scranton.

> NJT proposes three or four eastbound trains in the morning and three or
> four westbound trains in the afternoon.

Hopefully the same number.  As above, there is supposed to be an off-peak
trip out in the morning and back in the afternoon.  It doesn't cost that
much to run the trains once the line is rebuilt and the trains are bought.
 There are possibilities of markets for an afternoon train from Scranton
which would get people to NYC in time for evening theater and sports
events, with a last train home possibly as late as midnight.

Plans for weekend service are also being developed to promote tourism in
BOTH directions.

> 	I've heard startup dates from 2006 to 2008.

I think at least 2010 given the current NON-availability of money to do much.

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Gary R. Kazin
DL&W Milepost R35.7
Rockaway, New Jersey

http://www.geocities.com/gkazin/index.html

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