Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> Peter Schleifer  wrote:
> >We have Metro North commuter rail which carries the majority of its
> >passengers on off-peak and reverse peak trains.
> 
> I never knew that. Which route in particular? What major suburban employment
> center is being served?

It's not exactly a fair comparison: counting passengers for the 4 hours
inbound to Manhattan in the morning and 4 outbound in the afternoon, on
weekdays only; versus a total of all the other hours of service including
reverse-peak, mid-day, evenings, and 
weekends.

The traditional rush is still by far the busiest in terms of passengers per
hour.

However, Metro North has done a much better job than the LIRR at providing
reverse-peak service.  The reverse-peak schedule on the LIRR is *worse* than
mid-day, with big gaps, since so many slots are used by peak direction trains.

I hope LIRR projects like the second track from Farmingdale to Ronkonkoma
(currently under construction) and the third track through Mineola (in future
plans) will allow this to change.

Jimmy

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