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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Wed Jan 25 08:23:23 2012, in response to Re: Latest updates: R-179 order saga, R-160 CBTC for (L) line & special reports ..., posted by J trainloco on Tue Jan 24 23:15:40 2012. running on the M in 10 years when Queens Boulevard will have CBTC.I'm willing to bet that QB will not have CBTC operational ten years from now. If the Canary Sea Line is any model, Flushing will not be operational by 2022. Statistically I won't be around in 10 years, so I can afford to make such long range predictions without fear of suffering consequences should I be wrong. I had not considered that problem. However, there are alternate M routings should the need arise to banish them from QB. They could always go back to sending the M to Chambers and reintroduce the V. Should the dregs of Ridgewood object to losing their one seat ride to midtown, they could always send the M to 96th Street on the completed SAS. The point is they have options that are reasonably cost effective. OTOH, once Montague St gets CBTC, they will have to think long and hard about getting trains to Coney Island for major repairs. Of course NYCT has figured out ways of avoiding repairs to equipment, so they may defer maintenance for the R143's indefinitely to avoid CBTC compatibility problems. |
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