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Re: Service may end for last five stops on (G) train |
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Posted by J trainloco on Wed Mar 7 21:06:08 2012, in response to Re: Service may end for last five stops on (G) train, posted by G1Ravage on Wed Mar 7 19:38:27 2012. -4th Avenue Tower is closed. I believe the interlocking has been modified since the project began,and I doubt they're spending money to alter the tower machine. There was supposed to be a new master tower built at Church Avenue,but I've heard nothing of its status or future. In essence,I don't see anything being moved at 4th Avenue interlocking any time soon.I find it crazy that entire interlockings are essentially useless because the tower that controls the switches has been closed, and we just haven't gotten around to tying it into a master tower yet. The worst example of this is 34th/8th. They honestly do save a lot of money with the (G) only going to Smith - 9 Streets. How much do you figure? Turning the G at Smith-9th means that tower needs to be manned. OTOH, it means probably 2 to 3 more trainsets, which adds maintenance, power and crew cost. I can see the numbers being in the 7 figures, but in the perspective of the entire operating budget for subways... not a lot. |
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