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It is operated more or less like the NY subway or any other rapid transit subway but due to its parallel trackage with mainline rail between Jersey City and Newark it has a unique federal classification of a commuter railroad with a few internal operation requirements more less unknown to the general public. It would be compatible to the TTC Toronto subway and nothing at all like the GO train.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the info. I have always found NY's rail transit system being hard to make sense of and not just due to it's massive size but also because it serves 3 states with 3 different commuter rail agencies, and 2 different subway systems all terminating at different main stations ie Penn , Grand Central etc.
It's a shame the system can't be more coordinated in terms of both pricing and thru-running. Not having any thru-running trains makes getting from one area to the other needlessly complicated and time consuming. It's just geography but you would think they could coordinate the system better to make it more user friendly and having fewer transfers especially at busy downtown stations.
Toronto is lucky that none of it's GO lines come even close to an inter-provincial boundary so thru-running is already happening. With complete GO/local fare integration FINALLY starting next month, electrification, and service that will see all-day each way service running about every 6 minutes OFF peak on it's core RER system {roughly 60 km from several lines radiating from downtown totally about 260km} Toronto's system will be easier to comprehend.
Question..........does NY/NJ have any electric locomotive bi-level trains?
Last edited by ssiguy; Jan 31, 2024 at 4:05 AM.
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