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Posted by Michael549 on Sun Apr 15 05:17:30 2012, in response to Re: Rush hour J to 9 Av, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Apr 14 21:24:38 2012. As a part of the 1970's fiscal crisis and subway service cuts - the #4 train became a midnight hour all-local train through the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn. And the #6 train became a Bronx shuttle between 125th Street and Pelham Bay Park for about 20 years. Making the #4 train the sole full-length eastside service, and a very crowded train.In one of the only actions that I give Mayor Rudy G. credit for during a very cold winter in the mid-1990's, he got the MTA to restore the #6 train to its full length during the midnight hours. He did this by saying that riders for the upper eastside had to wait a long time for service in the cold weather as compared to riders on the westside of Manhattan. At the time, the idea that Bronx riders of the #6 line would benefit by the removal of the hated #6 Bronx shuttle did not seem to occur to the decision makers at the time. Anyway the restoration of the midnight service on the #6 line is again one of the few things that I give Mayor Rudy G. credit for. Mike |
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