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Posted by randyo on Fri Aug 3 18:37:25 2012, in response to Re: C to Lefferts, posted by Andrew Saucci on Fri Aug 3 17:52:25 2012. It may not matter to those of us who are knowledgeable about actual operations but not necessarily to the average passengers. Back in 1959 when the West Side IRT lines were reconfigured ant eh #1 became exclusively a local, the TA operated a "Local-Express" service between Dyckman and 137 St. The so called expresses skipped 191, 181, 157 and 145 Sts but were on the local track so that passengers would be just as well off taking whatever train came first. One day a passenger at 168 St let a local go by and when another passenger asked why, the passenger replied that she was waiting for the express so that she could get downtown faster. Years ago an old girl friend of mine used to take the Brighton Line from K/Hwy to Church Av and always took the Express. She would complain to me that 4 locals went by before an express came. I told her that with the difference in running time being so small, she should take the first train that cams since it would get her to her destination quicker than waiting up to 6 min for an express. Psychologically the average passenger would rather wait 10 min for an express train to save a perceived 5 min rather than taking a local train that might get him/her to the desired location faster. |
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