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Re: (rshsdepot) Railing vs. commuter depots
I'll bet there is cool stuff at these stations that will be gone after they
fix things up...How does Tremont still get service, some stations on LIRR
that served a few more than that were permanently closed..how many did take
trains to/from Richmond Hill or Penny Bridge or Glendale near the end? Maybe
it was four..
I was just wondering why Tremont escaped being closed (or condemned it
sounds like)
Paul
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie Wagenblast" <brwagenblast_@_comcast.net>
To: "Rail Depot List" <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 7:31 AM
Subject: (rshsdepot) Railing vs. commuter depots
> Railing vs. commuter depots
>
> By PETE DONOHUE
> DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
> Thursday, April 10th, 2003
>
> Four of the 40 commuter rail stations in the city - one in Queens and
three
> in the Bronx - are in poor if not dangerous condition, according to an
audit
> by the city controller's office.
> The review also found that Metro-North stations in the city were in worse
> shape, and repairs were of a poorer quality, than those in tonier
> Westchester County.
>
> The review of 14 Metro-North and 26 Long Island Rail Road stations in the
> city found problems that included uneven, cracked and crumbling cement,
> peeling paint, damaged staircases and loose metal plates.
>
> The depots cited by Controller William Thompson were Metro-North's
Tremont,
> Wakefield and Fordham stations. The lone LIRR station cited by Thompson
was
> Murray Hill in Flushing.
>
> The review found the following conditions at the stations:
>
>
> a.. Murray Hill: Cracked and crumbling concrete on platforms, chipped
> staircases, loose platform edges, rusted pipes and a cracked retaining
wall.
>
> a.. Tremont: Rusted and rotting staircases, peeling paint, loose platform
> edges and an exposed rusty nail.
>
> a.. Fordham: Exposed electrical third rail, rotting platform edges,
peeling
> paint and water leaking onto the platform.
>
> a.. Wakefield: Cracked and crumbling cement, peeling paint, exposed third
> rails and cracked staircases.
> The city paid the MTA - which operates Metro-North and the LIRR - close to
> $67 million last year for station maintenance.
>
> "To discover that some of the same unsafe conditions I identified last
year
> [in another audit] were still present is extremely troubling," Thompson
> said.
>
> "It also is disturbing to find the difference in maintenance standards in
> the city and stations in Westchester. New York City residents are entitled
> to same level of service Metro-North provides to Westchester County
> residents."
>
> Comparisons 'inaccurate'
>
> Metro-North responded to the report in writing, stating that
> "characterizations in standards for station maintenance between New York
> City stations and Westchester stations in the audit are inaccurate.
> Comparisons have been drawn to Westchester stations that are significantly
> newer, or recently rehabilitated. Many other Westchester stations are in
> similar condition as some New York City stations."
>
> The letter to Thompson states that Metro-North's capital program is
> targeting all city stations. On the Hudson Line, Morris Heights, Spuyten
> Duyvil and Riverdale are being rehabbed. University Heights and Marble
Hill
> are scheduled for work starting in January. On the Harlem Line, Melrose,
> Tremont, Fordham, Woodlawn and Wakefield will see construction work start
> next year.
>
> The Tremont station may be the least-used in the Metro-North system, with
> just four passengers boarding there on an average weekday to go to Grand
> Central, according to statistics compiled by the railroad.
>
> Acting LIRR President James Dermody said only one Long Island station was
> singled out in the report, and said it showed the LIRR is aggressively
> repairing and maintaining its stations in the city.
>
> He said the Murray Hill station was slated for platform repair work next
> year, but the LIRR doesn't have the funds for a complete overhaul.
>
>
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