Re: (rshsdepot) MTA Is Correcting Its Neglect of New York City LIRR Stations

["Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>]

Here they knocked down the East Rockaway station a few years ago (nothing
special but it did have a pot belly stove inside, it must have been a 50's
structure though...

Yet they just built a new station at Oceanside next down the line where
there hasn't been one since I lived here (about 25 years)  and not that bad
looking either...

No station replaced the one in East Rockaway..seems inconsistent..maybe
because the Oceanside stop is near other businesses...

pl
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernie Wagenblast" <brwagenblast_@_comcast.net>
To: "Rail Depot List" <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2003 7:05 AM
Subject: (rshsdepot) MTA Is Correcting Its Neglect of New York City LIRR
Stations


> MTA Is Correcting Its Neglect of City LIRR Stations
>
> April 14, 2003 - Newsday Editorial
>
> Maintaining the Long Island Rail Road's stations in New York City always
> seemed to be an afterthought for the state Metropolitan Transportation
> Authority. Commuters will recall not too many years ago when several of
the
> city's LIRR stations, particularly in Queens, routinely showed up in the
> annual hazardous-conditions audit.
>
> No more, judging by the latest city comptroller's audit, which found
unsafe
> conditions at only one of the 26 stations. The city is right to demand the
> strictest of maintenance standards from MTA officials, who deserve credit
> for moving aggressively to eliminate the hazards.
>
> The one station that failed this year's inspection - Murray Hill - has
> perennially had problems, such as cracked and crumbling concrete on the
> platforms. The station is partly below ground level, which makes
corrections
> difficult.
>
> But now that the MTA and its LIRR subsidiary have fixed the other
stations,
> it's time to do whatever it takes to get the Murray Hill station off the
> comptroller's worst-station list.
>
> Officials were slow to allocate the millions of dollars needed to make
city
> LIRR commuters as comfortable as their Long Island counterparts. But once
> the MTA caught up with other complaints, it got busy helping city riders -
> as it should have all along.
>
> New York City paid MTA officials nearly $67 million last year for
> maintenance, though the heaviest lifting comes out of the MTA's own
capital
> budget. The agency spent nearly $2 million to renovate the Broadway
station
> in Auburndale and $5 million on another Auburndale station. Neither one
was
> cited in this year's audit.
>
> The MTA should have never allowed the LIRR stations in the city to
> deteriorate. And to have to be pressured by an audit to fix them didn't
> speak well of the agency's commitment to city commuters. But now that the
> railroad has recovered some good will, there's only way to keep it: Never
> let the stations become derelict again. Oh, and fix Murray Hill.
>
>
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>

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