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If ridership is low enough to consider a flag stop, it's too low to justify a new station.

25Hz wrote:So, is this lighter rail at the root of the slower speeds on the reading side? Would replacing it with heavier rail fix most of the speed issues?

One would think that would be the case, but it definitely isn't over Market Street. It was especially noticeable during the construction period where portions of the hold structure were hooked up to the new structure. You'd go from the old fashioned "clickety-clack" to a loud but smooth r...

The shells were definitely fabricated in Australia.

If you can find 299 of your closest friends and convince them that you will all use the station and will all walk to it, then go for it . Actually, you wouldn't direct your 299 friends to the Board, you'd direct them to the Annual Service Plan (and maybe to the Bucks County Commissioners to promise...

yea, we're all train geeks here who ride the rails for s**** and giggles on the weekends, when going to work every day it's the shortest ride possible that matters. Uh, there are definitely people here who take the train to work every day. We might take a extra trip here and there or plan a trip to...

Head-end View wrote:A railfan friendly conductor. Very cool!

If ridership would be so low as for you to be talking about making it a flag stop, it would be too low to justify constructing and operating a station. I'd say you'd need a potential ridership of at least 300 boards/day (around the system median) to make a new station worth considering.

This is really a great opportunity for SEPTA to gain riders and also good public opinion. Yep. Top brass is definitely aware of that. I was wondering--if they want to make a good impression on these riders, are they purposely setting these trains up with Silverliner V's? Shiny new equipment can def...

25Hz wrote:If the numbers are there, then a feasibility study should be undertaken with each routing option. Can't hurt to simply see how much it'd cost..

nomis wrote:Bus-de-toot logistics I'd imagine. Looks to be a better station to turn buses and a main artery straight into the area.

You'd still need 2 tracks to avoid peak hour conflicts to and from west Trenton. To completely avoid them, yes. But a single track at the end of the line is less disruptive than one in the middle. For instance, in the off-peak hours, you've got an hour to get a train from Yardley to West Trenton, l...

Who programmed the Reginabot? That was perfect!

Jersey_Mike wrote:It's a shame Pine Valley isn't set up to host major golf tournaments.

And then the question is whether this generation of young people will include enough people who want a railroad career, with its distinct positives and negatives.

Good to hear from you, JT.