From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net

"Glen Labah"  wrote in message
news:gl4317-6B6652.18371823042014@mx05.eternal-september.org...
> In article ,
> Sancho Panza  wrote:
>
>> That is 450 passengers a day, a sum that is then split among eight train
>> departures. If that is called overcrowding, they must have never seen
>> any of the busier platforms in the NJ Transit or L.I.R.R.
>
>
> This assumes that they are going to keep the existing level of service.
> It is pretty clear they have plans to expand service, considering that
> one reason they are wanting to relocate the station is because the new
> location is able to serve two legs of the wye.  They show the proposed
> second "concourse" in several of their plans on the web site.  The
> current station only serves one side of the wye.
>
> The station itself really doesn't look to me as though it will be that
> expensive to build.  The expensive part is going to be the track work,
> the access road modifications to improve the parking situation, and the
> tunneling under tracks to allow platform access to multiple lines even
> when the track closest to the station is occupied.
>
> So, it seems to me most of those costs are going to happen no matter
> what size station they build.


Adding parking to the old station would not cost much.

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