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Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Jul 29 02:48:43 2014, in response to Re: In South Queens, rail backers still pushing for old Rockaway Beach line, posted by andy on Mon Jul 28 09:46:08 2014. A said before on this, my plan for making the Rockaway Branch would involve a few changes on other lines (and assumes the SAS would already be in place by the time this happens):The biggest (which I know would upset some old-time people with the MTA but 99% of the general public would not get why) is to have the (D) and (R) switch terminals in Brooklyn. The (D) would run 95th Street in Brooklyn-205th Street in the Bronx and replace the (R) between 36th and 95th as a local in Brooklyn. This is mainly because the (D) has Concourse Yard in the Bronx (this also gives Bay Ridge riders a 24/7 line). The (N) would become a part-time Astoria line, running weekdays 5:30 AM-10:00 PM to Astoria. The rest of the time, the (N) would go with the (Q) and terminate at 96th Street-2nd Avenue (later 125th-Lexington Avenue) to supplement the (Q) through one of the most densely populated parts of Manhattan. The (R) would move to the West End Line in order to have a yard at Coney Island because it would also return to being the full-time Astoria line as it was prior to 1987. The (R) would return to running 24/7 in this case. The (W) would be brought back as the Rockaway Beach line and run from Whitehall Street to Rockaway Park, eliminating the need for the Rockaway Park (S) as it would be a 24/7 line. The line would be as such because it would begin in what is still considered The Financial District to many outside New York, which could help in getting Genting (which runs the Casino at Aqueduct and is based out of Malaysia) to endorse the return of this line. This is how I would do it. |
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