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Re: MTA Officials Face (7) Line Riders At Town Hall Meeting |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Wed Jan 18 23:16:06 2012, in response to Re: MTA Officials Face (7) Line Riders At Town Hall Meeting, posted by PATHman on Wed Jan 18 21:37:12 2012. I agree yet disagree. There actually is a legitimate complaint about this G.O., but no one has made it: The #7 frequency has to drop to every 10 minutes to turn at Queens Plaza. On Saturdays, normal is 4-6 minutes, and on Sundays it is 6-8 minutes. *This* is where the problem is. Every 7 leaving QBP is crush loaded... and returns to crush loaded status at Roosevelt Av. Same with 3/4 of the train leaving Main St.If you think that the line should be able to handle dropping the schedule from 12TPH to 6TPH, keep in mind that no other line has 12TPH on the weekend, not even the L or 6. The 12TPH schedule was deemed necessary enough to survive the budget cuts that set almost all B division lines to 6TPH, the 1 & 6 to 7.5TPH, and the remainder of the IRT to 5TPH. Not sure if there is anything that can be done about it, other than using both levels at Queensboro to turn the trains. Maybe the solution could be a LIRR shuttle? This G.O. sucks donkey balls, but not because of the transfer or the bus. |
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