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Re: Franklin Avenue Shuttle/Idea for extension to Myrtle Avenue El |
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Posted by HANDBRAKE on Mon Apr 16 20:51:12 2012, in response to Re: Franklin Avenue Shuttle/Idea for extension to Myrtle Avenue El, posted by Wallyhorse on Sun Apr 15 08:25:50 2012. I have used the Brighton line to go to work, and for transport into Manhattan on weekends for over 30 years. Q service today is the best that it has been in years, and suffices without the need to add weekend Express services.With longer train intervals typical on a weekend schedule, as compared to a workday, it does not pay to run express trains that will only manage to get riders quickly to a transfer point where they will then have to wait for a local to reach their destination stop. Essentially "Hurry up and wait." R160 equipment on the Q has made Brighton local service bearable, even during the rush hour. In the years prior to the Christie Street cut opening, all Brighton line trains ran local between Prospect Park and Brighton Beach during the mid day hours of the work week, while using old and slower equipment. As long as R160's continue to serve the Brighton, service and speed will remain at a high state of operation. Now if R46 & R68's were used on the Q, then I see running times potentially slipping to the left We are no longer in the pre-1950's era when private automobile ownership was no where close to what it is today. With widespread ownership of the private automobile for transportation, Coney Island may not be one of the primary places to go to these days. |
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