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Secaucus Junction isn't like New Carrollton where there is tons of development around the station and there has been for a very long time.

Yes, for every stop, time builds into the schedule. Secaucus Jct is not a top priority for Amtrak stopping there. If Bergen County residents want to access Amtrak at SEC, then they will have to deal with a two seat NJT train ride to get to their Amtrak and most days of the week, you have ample NJT r...

Yes commuters will certainly get the priority for any new trains that serve the Manhattan hubs. I'm sure that people living in one of the Five Towns(Nassau County Towns on the Far Rockaway Line below Valley Stream) who work in Midtown Manhattan will want more direct rail access there rather than hav...

Lots of people go out to the Hamptons who don’t party and drink, but instead want to make a trip involving the beach and other activities like maybe camping in Hither Hills State Park during the warmer months of the year. There are people who have second homes on Eastern LI. As a possible result and...

I haven't heard any further updates about the possible battery powered M7s. It would be nice. I would love to see them first run on Pt. Jefferson Line trains-it would be great to possibly have all of them use BEMUs. The Pt. Jefferson is one of those lines where many of the trains that use that line ...

Until the Long Bridge project plus other track capacity projects along the RF&P get finished, I wouldn't count on any substantial VRE service increases including weekend trains. In the long term after many of the track capacity projects are done, Amtrak will be running hourly NE Regional Service...

That would certainly be great if there was a way for Amtrak trains accessing the Hellgate Line not to have to be delayed by conflicting LIRR moves. Not only will that help Amtrak but whenever Metro North starts running on the Hellgate Line(now it's advertised in 2025 but could be a little longer). I...

It’s been years since I have ridden the Pt. Jefferson Line but I can imagine how much opposition there would be to relocate Huntington Yard east of Huntington Depot. Even if that station had center island platforms but still had the yard where it presently is, it might not be a super headache. Look ...

Three tracks separated by a center island platform at Huntington Station would have been fine-it would have just been a matter of walking across the platform to change from the electric to the diesel scoot. The storage yard east of Huntington would have been a big plus. If done at Ronkonkoma and Bab...

Mactraxx, You have a very good point about residents who live along the Pt. Jeff Line in diesel country driving down the road to those stations on the Ronkonkoma Line for faster and more direct service. The double track on the Main Line between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma really helps. Many people liv...

Yes, that's the issue-the speed limit on the Pt. Jeff east of Huntington isn't that fast. It certainly isn't 80 and as mentioned, there are so many curves. It would be nice if more trains daily from points east of Huntington continued onto Jamaica just like many of the Montauk Line trains-now we cou...

Even if track capacity improvements ever come to the Pt. Jefferson Line east of Huntington and LIRR orders those single level diesel hauled coaches plus runs battery powered MUs, you probably won't see many trains added to Grand Central Terminal from the Pt. Jefferson Line. Sadly much of the ridersh...

While it would be nice for Amtrak to stop at Secaucus Jct, it's not really considered a priority from a business perspective. After Gateway project gets completed plus more development gets built at SEC-then I could see maybe Northeast Regionals and Keystones stopping at SEC. Many people living in B...

I didn't know that about the current Middleboro-Lakeville Station closing once the newer one on the South Coast extension opens up. It probably makes sense as many of the trains end at the current Middleboro-Lakeville Station and the only one that continues beyond there is the Cape Flyer. It doesn't...

That would be nice if, in the very long term, Secaucus Jct was an Amtrak stop. The problem right now is it’s not built up enough to have SEC as an Amtrak station. There aren’t many office buildings on the grounds of SEC-not like Metropark or NWK Penn. Plus Amtrak has to get the ball rolling on Gatew...