Convert Lower Montauk Branch to Queens Super Express after East Side Access?

[KGTeleport]

Federal law wouldn't allow a railroad to share a ROW with subways IIRC. PATH and SIR are considered railroads. NYCT is not.

 

Then what's the deal with the Orange Line in Boston? Has the law changed since it was built, or does 6ft away count as a separate ROW? And if it has changed, what separation is required now?

[KGTeleport]

Anyone who know why LIRR is much more expensive than subway, even if they travel same distances?

 

Is it because the occupancy is much lower at off peak times, and the demand is more rigid, and the distance is far as well as cost? I believe TRX will have many riders because nowadays outer-borough jobs are increasing faster than Manhattan.

 

I think you have the cart before the horse there: occupancy is much lower at off-peak times because the fare is higher. In London, the fare system is ridiculously complicated, but you can use their equivalent of Unlimiteds on commuter rail trains. This is probably avoided by New York because this would force zonal fares, which would raise the exit swipes issue. RFID technology might change the technical plausibility of this, but politically it's almost certainly a non-starter.

[w8Hou]

Oh yeah for you people that want to convert the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch into part of the Triboro RX route the line isn't electrified. The line was electrified in 1927, but they turn it off in 1968 and haven't maintained it since. So you would need a lot of new and expensive equipment. The other sections owned by Amtrak and CSX are only electrified around the Hell Gate Bridge area. So you would need to electrify those tracks too. Don't forget about the new stations and tracks even if it is going to be an LIRR passenger route.

 

Just use like the RiverLine vehicles that are diesel power