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   hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com to houn...@yahoo.co.uk   
   Re: Future of the Montauk Branch   
   06 Aug 19 13:40:10   
   
   On Monday, August 5, 2019 at 7:39:24 PM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > Hello,   
   >   
   > I know that the LIRR wants to install more passing loops on the Montauk   
   > Branch, thus potentially improving passenger service.   
   >   
   > I recently read, however, that there may be plans to electrify the line   
   > out to Speonk and that DMU-class, sprinters would provide passenger   
   > service from there out to Montauk.   
   >   
   > Is this a concrete plan or is this more along the lines of something   
   > that they would like to eventually do? If the former, then is there a   
   > time that the LIRR have in mind? What about locating the money for this   
   > project?   
   >   
   > Also, in terms of signalling, is the section from Patchogue out to   
   > Montauk still dark?   
   >   
   > Cheers   
      
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