From: nilknocgeo@earthlink.net   
      
   "Glen Labah"  wrote in message   
   news:gl4317-6B6652.18371823042014@mx05.eternal-september.org...   
   > In article ,   
   > Sancho Panza  wrote:   
   >   
   >> That is 450 passengers a day, a sum that is then split among eight train   
   >> departures. If that is called overcrowding, they must have never seen   
   >> any of the busier platforms in the NJ Transit or L.I.R.R.   
   >   
   >   
   > This assumes that they are going to keep the existing level of service.   
   > It is pretty clear they have plans to expand service, considering that   
   > one reason they are wanting to relocate the station is because the new   
   > location is able to serve two legs of the wye.  They show the proposed   
   > second "concourse" in several of their plans on the web site.  The   
   > current station only serves one side of the wye.   
   >   
   > The station itself really doesn't look to me as though it will be that   
   > expensive to build.  The expensive part is going to be the track work,   
   > the access road modifications to improve the parking situation, and the   
   > tunneling under tracks to allow platform access to multiple lines even   
   > when the track closest to the station is occupied.   
   >   
   > So, it seems to me most of those costs are going to happen no matter   
   > what size station they build.   
      
      
   Adding parking to the old station would not cost much.   
      
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