by ElectricTraction
Ridgefielder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:04 pmNot to go OT but-- are the passenger counts at NRO really that negligible? I've picked up Amtrak there plenty of times and there seem to be a healthy number of people detraining/entraining. It's not like it just serves New Rochelle itself-- there are over 400k people in the southern tier of Westchester County towns for whom NRO is the most convenient place to catch an NEC train.Amtrak already stops at Bridgeport, but not during rush hour due to the side platforms. With Barnum Station, they will be able to stop whichever trains they want to. The combination of Barnum Station and Devon Transfer would open up a lot of capacity for MN at Bridgeport.
Looking at the track arrangements at Bridgeport, STM and SoNo, nothing should ever be turned at Bridgeport, the track arrangement just doesn't support it. There is probably demand for at least a train or two a day from Waterbury to STM, just like SLE used to do, but logically most of the Waterbury trains that go out onto the NHL should turn at SoNo. Currently, only Track 6 works for this, but with one more crossover, Track 5 would as well. With Devon Transfer, most Waterbury trains should just stay on the branch, with a train or two a day to STM, a few to SoNo, and a few to NHV.