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Re: Straphangers to MTA: Don’t cut (G) train extension ! |
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Posted by Michael549 on Sat Mar 3 09:53:56 2012, in response to Re: Straphangers to MTA: Don’t cut (G) train extension !, posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Mar 3 04:43:11 2012. Wallyhorse, unless I've missed something here's what you just proposed:1) On the Eighth Avenue local tracks from 50th Street to West 4th Street there would be the C, E and K trains making all local stops. 2) On the Central Park West local track segment, there would be the B, C and K trains. 3) At Broadway Lafayette Station, there would be C, F, and M trains all using the local tracks. 4) At the Jay Street-Borough Hall station there would be A and E trains on the center tracks, with C and F-trains on the side tracks - because so many folks want 8th Avenue service. 5) Along the Culver line from Bergen Street to Church Avenue, F and G trains would made local stations to/from Church Avenue. This leaves the Church Avenue terminal with its 4-track layup tracks having to terminate and relay all F-trains and G-trains, returning to service F-trains at 4-minute intervals, and G-trains at 10 minute intervals. A mighty task considering that the 179th Street terminal now devotes two levels of 4-tracks each to the task. At the Brooklyn end, the current F-train uses the Kings Highway, Avenue X, and Coney Island stations to "pump" F-trains toward Manhattan. 6) As was noted several times on the forums, the MTA has a subway car shortage - the noted reason for NOT extending the V-train to Church Avenue and other proposed changes. So the MTA would have to come up with extra trains for the C-train (extended to Coney Island), the new K-train, and the E-train (extended to Euclid Avenue). Just to be clear on what you have proposed. Mike |
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