by Fan Railer
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MTA 2010-2014 CAPITAL PROGRAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/2010 ... ers_v2.pdf
see pdf pg. 19-20
Helena Williams Response to NY State Senator Carl Marcellino
26 Jul 2011
http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/lirranswers.pdf
see pdf pg. 10-11
Long Island Rail Road Capital Program Capital Program 2010 – 2014
ACEC - June 19, 2012
http://www.acecny.org/~aiwetace/images/ ... s/LIRR.pdf
see pdf pg. 6
MTA Long Island Committee Meeting
28 Jan 2013
http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/arch ... 0_LIRR.pdf
see pdf pg. 36
MTA Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting
28 Jan 2013
http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/ ... 0_CPOC.pdf
see pdf pg. 12-15
MTA Capital Program Oversight Committee MeetingI found this study to be rather interesting.
23 June 2014
http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/ ... 5_CPOC.pdf
see pdf pg.52 54
Jamaica Interlocking Reconfiguration Operations Simulation
see pdf pg. 2
http://www.apta.com/mc/rail/previous/20 ... ration.pdf
MTA Capital Program 2015-2019Atlantic Terminal accounts for approximately 9.88% of Daily Ridership.
http://web.mta.info/capital/pdf/Board_2 ... rogram.pdf
see pdf pg. 83
MTA LIRR 2012 Ridership Book
http://transitdocs.com/files/data/lirr/ ... ipBook.pdf
see pdf pg. 4
NIMBYkiller wrote:Does anyone know if they're keeping ANY thru-service to FBA? From the looks of this, I'd say no, but I'm not 100% familiar with the track configuration approaching Jamaica from the east. A damn shame since they're pretty much undoing a huge chunk of the capacity boost they're getting with ESA, and at a time where Brooklyn is the fastest growing part of the city. Whose bright idea was this anyway?Based on the diagram available, and the proposal in the capital plan, the proposed setup wouldn't exactly allow for thru-service to Brooklyn from east of Jamaica.
workextra wrote: Jamaica could be improved with a south by pass with a Mas of 50-60 through the station, and access if needed to platform "F"In relation to improving passing through Jamaica at higher speeds, how about building the proposed platform 'F" or some variation as a replacement for current "C" platform then using the space of "C" to realign tracks 4 & 5 as higher speed bypass tracks feed from "express" tracks (those with no local stops) west and east of the station?
And the remainder left alone. But rebuilt with better rail and moveable frogs switchs where applicable, coded and left to 20 and some straight routes up to 30 mph through the station.
andegold wrote:How much of the time saved by faster train movements will be lost due to longer dwell times needed to accommodate the up/over/down transfers?It shouldn't be a big problem during the morning rush for obvious reasons. Inbound trains would just be dropping off transferring passengers at Jamaica, who would then just board the next shuttle to Atlantic Avenue (I'd presume a ~15 minute running interval during rush hours for the shuttle service would be reasonable). The evening rush would be the one to be looking at. Passengers coming in from Atlantic Avenue would have to cross over to the other platforms via the mezzanine to connect to the mainline trains, but honestly, given the nature of the proposed Atlantic shuttle, I doubt dispatch would be holding mainline trains for shuttle connections during the evening rush. You either make the connection, or you wait for the next train.
The LIRR Cross Borough Scoot will operate between Jamaica and Flatbush Avenue, making all stops (Jamaica, East New York, Nostrand Avenue, and Flatbush Avenue)...All Brooklyn Flatbush services will require a transfer at Jamaica to the new Cross Borough Scoot.
Fan Railer wrote:The evening rush would be the one to be looking at...I agree and I don't think the plans linked address this. From the APTA Report (already linked):
Additionally, to reduce dwell times, the future operations are predicated on the use of “drop and go” passenger transfers instead of providing scheduled connections.