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themissinglink said:
longisland.news12.com

Suffolk County executive: Amtrak coming to Ronkonkoma LIRR station

News 12 spoke with Amtrak's vice president of network development, who says the project is in its beginning stages, and it will be years before there are Amtrak trains at Ronkonkoma.
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What's the value proposition here as compared to taking a regular LIRR train into the city and transferring?

Amtrak would express past most stops, but they'd also be stuck with having to change out the locomotive. Is that even a net positive on travel time?
 
If rail congestion in Connecticut means the alternative to running to Long Island is turning around in New York City, then giving (some) Long Islanders a one-seat ride to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington D.C. might be worth a try.
 
Balerion said:
What's the value proposition here as compared to taking a regular LIRR train into the city and transferring?

Amtrak would express past most stops, but they'd also be stuck with having to change out the locomotive. Is that even a net positive on travel time?
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Northeast Regionals are moving to dual-mode locomotives in a couple of years, so the diesel engine would fire up on-the-fly where the overhead of the NEC gives way to the third rail -only LIRR tracks. No engine swaps required.
 
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