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Re: Coming soon: Weekend (J) train service extension to Broad Street |
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Posted by #5 - Dyre Ave on Tue Jul 29 16:47:44 2014, in response to Re: Coming soon: Weekend (J) train service extension to Broad Street, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Jul 28 12:55:41 2014. Why wouldn't people coming from uptown want to go to Nassau St? The Nassau St subway is closer than any other to Water St, except for the 2 and 3 on William St. But you would only take the 2 or 3 if you're coming from the Upper West Side or Central Harlem/Bronx. East Side residents bound for Water St don't have any reason to take the 2 or 3 now and would still have no reason to do so if the T runs via Nassau as opposed to Water. And why would they continue to take the 4 or 5 if the T running via Nassau is closer to Water St than the 4 and 5 are?Brooklyn residents who want Midtown may stick with their current commutes. But if the SAS is built as planned - via Water St with a southern terminal at Hanover Sq - they'll have to do that anyway. Why? Because the Water St routing has the T dead-ending at Hanover Sq, too far away for a useful transfer to the 2 and 3 at Wall & William Sts. It will also not have any transfer to the A and C, because they will be way too far away at Fulton St & Broadway. And it will be too far away from the 4, 5 and R trains at Bowling Green and Whitehall St. At the very least, the Nassau routing allows Brooklyn riders bound for Lower Manhattan an alternative to the other routes. And it offers transfers to every line serving Lower Manhattan except the E and 1. And it would put Lower Manhattan-bound East side riders closer to the office buildings on and near Water St than the 4 and 5 currently do. |
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