From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Saturday, January 28, 2023 at 2:18:39 PM UTC-5, John Levine wrote:   
   > According to Peter T. Daniels :   
      
   > >Is it a single humungous escalator like at the Roosevelt Island   
   > >station? (Anyone remember the World's Longest Escalator at   
   > >the US pavilion at Expo '67?)   
   >   
   > Sure. The dome is still there, now turned into a science museum,   
      
   Didn't it burn up (or down) a few years after I saw it again at Expo '70?   
      
   > but I think the 37 meter escalator is gone.   
      
   How long is the Roosevelt I one?   
      
   > >I wonder whether all those retailers expect to succeed with a   
   > >passing crowd of just commuters twice a day.   
   >   
   > Currently it's 2tph in each direction, but I gather the plan is   
   > to reroute a fair number of trains from Penn to GCT. Why would   
   > the retailers be any worse off than the ones in the Penn LIRR   
   > concourse now?   
      
   I don't know how Penn is configured now, but the passengers   
   from all the services were commingled the last time I was   
   there. I then learned that there's no difference in trains or fare   
   for boarding at Newark Penn, whether going to DC or Boston,   
   and the PATH ride is equally unpleasant either way.   
      
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