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RE: (rshsdepot) Binghamton, NY
Not sure why this article was posted, as it is over five years old???
> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 17:11:37 +0000> From: jdent1_@_optonline.net> Subject: (rshsdepot) Binghamton, NY> To: rshsdepot@lists.railfan.net> > From the NYS&W list...> > Passenger train terminal in works> Company plans to convert D&H freight house> BY RYAN DEUEL> Press & Sun-Bulletin> November 20, 2003> > BINGHAMTON - Passenger rail service in Binghamton has moved one step closer> to a reality.> > A private railroad company, with help from funds channeled through the state> Department of Transportation, recently purchased the Delaware and Hudson> freight house on Chenango and Eldredge streets, with plans to convert the> facility into a passenger railroad terminal.> > Nathan Fenno, vice president of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad> in Cooperstown, said the station will serve as valuable link for freight and> passengers traveling to Syracuse and eventually south to Scranton and New> York City.> > It's a result of an effort between the state and NYS&W to upgrade tracks> between Binghamton and Syracuse to provide improved freight service.> > DOT spokesman Peter Graves said the railroad company received $4 million> through the passenger and freight rail program to upgrade the existing> tracks between Binghamton and Syracuse. Part of those funds helped NYS&W> purchase the Delaware and Hudson freight house in October for $210,000 from> Bradco Supply Corp.> > In terms of passenger service, it's simply an added bonus, said state Sen.> Thomas W. Libous, R-Binghamton, who has spearheaded the project.> > "The public needs to understand that this is about better freight service> and economic development to Binghamton," he said. "It just makes sense to> tack on passenger service."> > Graves underscored the importance of improved freight service and how it> will affect economic development in Greater Binghamton.> > "Right now, the line is dilapidated, which means it's inefficient for> transporting freight because the trains can't go very fast," Graves said.> "The key to freight service is speed. And if a haule!
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he can get his> product to Syracuse quickly and possibly more cost effectively, than it> becomes another viable service."> > Hauling freight via rail also may reduce interstate truck traffic and be> more environmentally friendly by cutting down on emissions, Graves said.> > Fenno said he expects passenger excursions between Binghamton and Syracuse> to begin sometime next year, but he doesn't see regularly scheduled service> unless more state funding comes through.> > "This is a public policy issue," he said. "But we want to be sure that if> the state gives us the go-ahead, we'll have the infrastructure in place."> > After the upgrades, the trip is expected to take between 1 1/2 to 2 hours.> > NYS&W operates the Syracuse OnTrack train -- which runs from the Syracuse> University Carrier Dome to the Carousel Mall -- and owns train stations in> Cortland, Marathon and Utica.> > In a completely separate series of projects, Binghamton eventually could> link to New York City through Scranton, Pa., and Hoboken, N.J.> > Unlike the line between Binghamton and Syracuse, however, the line to> Hoboken is owned by a pastiche of private and public companies, including> Canadian Pacific, Lackawanna County Rail Authority and New Jersey Transit.> > New Jersey Transit is seeking $200 million in funding through the Federal> Transit Authority to complete the line to Pennsylvania by 2006.> > Libous said making Binghamton a transportation hub is the ultimate goal.> Rail lines from Syracuse, Utica, Oneonta, Buffalo, Jamestown and Scranton,> Pa., already converge in the city.> > "Binghamton sits at several crossroads," he said. "The new intermodal bus> terminal will be just a stone's throw away from the train station. Plus the> upgrade of 17 to I-86 -- all will greatly impact Binghamton's economic> development."> > ===============================> The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing> railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org> To Unsubscribe: http://lists.railfan.net/rshsdepot-photo/unsub.ht!
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