A little RR History Here....Outside of Suburban Service and End to End Long Distance trains the Other Services Ususally Ran from Division point to Division point Scranton was a Major Div Point Pocono Summit was not So even If the Heaviest Ridership starts 20-40 miles East of Scranton thats still the more viable Terminal point However I can see a Senario where a Peak Train Consist turns back at E Stroudsburg and is turned on the Late Evning run to Scranton BTW did anyone consider the ridership Inbound to scranton Might Excede the Ridership Boarding at Scranton for Newark or NY city Id Expect Ridership on that line Excedes the Port Jervis trains by at least 150% by its 2nd year Charles_Walsh_@_Berlex.com wrote: >Rick, > >By a shuttle do you mean rail (as in RDC) or bus? As far as I know, >nothing like that was proposed. The dilemma is that in order to get >Scranton's political clout to support the venture, rail service has got to >terminate in Scranton. As previously mentioned, the problem with that is >that it drives up the costs and lowers the per mile ridership. A true >Catch-22 situation. > >Chuck > > > > Njricky2_@_aol.com > Sent by: > erielack-owner_@_list To: Charles_Walsh@Berlex.com > s.elhts.org cc: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net > erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org > portlandturn_@_yahoo.com > 07/07/2005 05:21 PM Subject: > Please respond to Re: (erielack) Steamtown 10th Anniversary > Njricky2 > > > > > >Chuck, > >You are correct about a lower ridership projection between Mt. Pocono and >Scranton. >I wonder if the bean counters have looked at the possibility of shuttle >service between the two points. Perhaps that doesn't make much sense and >someone >with more knowledge than I have can address that question. > >Rick > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > > > > > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List > Sponsored by the ELH&TS > http://www.elhts.org > > > > The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List Sponsored by the ELH&TS http://www.elhts.org ------------------------------
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