by njtmnrrbuff
After this third track completion project is finished, it would be nice to see more faster trains from Pt. Jefferson to NYC. I agree that the travel times are too long from many of the Pt. Jefferson Line stations to NYP. On weekends, the trip takes anywhere between two hours and three minutes to two hours and five minutes. You have to change at Huntington for every trip that continues east of Huntington. On weekdays, there are several super Main Line express trains that don't require you to change at Huntington but you still have to change at Jamaica. From Penn Station to Pt. Jefferson, your ride on those is about an hour and forty five minutes, counting the change at Jamaica. In the morning there is a direct train from Pt. Jefferson to Penn Station that takes an hour and thirty five minutes. After the third track project is completed, it would be nice to have all of the trains that begin and end their runs in Pt. Jefferson continue onto Jamaica. After Huntington, many only a few stops-Hicksville and Mineola are the best ones.
After the third track project is completed, we also have to see if more trains to the Montauk Line will use the Main to the Central. I could probably see that happening as the Babylon is already a very busy two track railroad in many spots which will probably remain two tracks permanently. Maybe after this third track project is finished and if LIRR decides to route the Montalk trains over the Main to the Central, we also have to wonder if more of those trains will stop at Mineola and Hicksville. In my opinion, some of them should as they would enable people who live on the North Shore in Nassau County to travel to the Hamptons. Plus there are people who live along the Montauk Line who work in Mineola.
After the third track project is completed, we also have to see if more trains to the Montauk Line will use the Main to the Central. I could probably see that happening as the Babylon is already a very busy two track railroad in many spots which will probably remain two tracks permanently. Maybe after this third track project is finished and if LIRR decides to route the Montalk trains over the Main to the Central, we also have to wonder if more of those trains will stop at Mineola and Hicksville. In my opinion, some of them should as they would enable people who live on the North Shore in Nassau County to travel to the Hamptons. Plus there are people who live along the Montauk Line who work in Mineola.