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Re: (M) Train Stations See Ridership Jump & Brace for Construction |
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Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Apr 14 20:28:28 2012, in response to Re: (M) Train Stations See Ridership Jump & Brace for Construction, posted by grand concourse on Sat Apr 14 02:06:02 2012. And they'd need to do some serious rebuilding around Metropolitan av to extend that platform and move the switches "north*".Compared to Essex st, that's actually the easier station to extend the platforms for... They can probably cheaply eek out 9 cars for the entire route except Metropolitan (possibly even cheaper if they're willing to have the first 5' of train past the platform). So what they should do for the most "bang for the buck" is put a huge budget into making Metro 10 cars, have these station renovations accommodate 10 cars, then have the rest of the M 9 cars. For contingency purposes lengthen Canal St. to 9 cars and have rerouted Ms skip Bowery and Chambers (relaying at Chambers). As stations are renovated lengthen them to 10 cars, and eventually the M can be the 'pilot project' for standard length eastern division trains. |
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