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Originally Posted by Crawford
The issue is getting faster limited-stop or nonstop trains to JFK, which was the plan with LIRR. The Airtrain is not an airport monorail; it's double-tracked and built to accommodate heavy rail trains, so you could run LIRR trains on the current Airtrain network, and then switch to the current LIRR line in Jamaica.
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Not quite. IIRC the AirTrain structure will not handle the load of heavy LIRR trains, but a new train could be designed that is lightweight and intercompatible. Both systems draw power from a third rail.