Posted Jun 17, 2021, 6:33 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 11,681
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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
This is more tricky. For the best subway connections, a station at Northern Blvd makes the most sense BUT you could argue that for better catchment it should be further northwest into Astoria, BUT a station on the Hell Gate viaduct really should be avoided unless you're willing to spend 200+ million for a wildly engineered and altered viaduct station. Better, cheaper alternatives might be along the earth embankment at 25th, 30th or 31st Ave's. If along a two track embankment, track shifting and/or turnouts may be required as Amtrak through-running the station would not be ideal and should be avoided at all costs. If they do consider a Queens stop, it is imperative it could also be potentially used in a future TriboroRX scheme if such a scheme uses MN/LIRR type rolling stock versus subway rolling stock.
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yeah i think its the embankment sites or forget it. and if they do a queens stop yes for sure it has to be with triboro rx in mind. that is imperative. you can't plan ahead enough!
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