Re: (rshsdepot) Railing vs. commuter depots

[CoolGuy127_@_aol.com]

In a message dated 4/10/2003 11:37:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
luckyshow_@_mindspring.com writes:

> ...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)

       The reason that the LIRR stations were closed is that the LIRR 
converted to high-level platforms only, and the closed stations had low-level 
platforms.  It made no sense to spend large sums of money to build high-level 
platforms at stations used by only a handful of passengers, so the LIRR 
closed them down.  Tremont, by contrast, I think already has high-level 
platforms, so that is not an issue.  One wonders, though, how Metro-North can 
justify stopping quite a few trains at a station if only four people a day 
board there.  I wonder if that latter statement is true.

                Daniel Chazin
                Teaneck, NJ

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