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Re: Rider's Wish List: (F) Brooklyn Express; Metro-North in Co-Op City; More rail service to Queens/

Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Sep 16 01:25:14 2014, in response to Re: Rider's Wish List: (F) Brooklyn Express; Metro-North in Co-Op City; More rail service to Queens/, posted by randyo on Mon Sep 15 17:45:17 2014.

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I would be doing what is necessary to get Bergen lower re-opened so that can be an express station for this.

The real problem is what line would be put there to be the Culver Express? The best candidate to me would be the (C) after West 4th going with the (F) and (M) to Coney Island via the Culver Express (while the (F) and (G) both terminate at Church Avenue, except overnights when the (F) would continue to run as it does now). If you can manage 30-32 TPH stopping on the local track at Broadway-Lafayette, it can work.

As I would likely do it:

(A) runs as it does now, except it would now be an express at all times in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

(C) as it currently does to West 4th, then via the (F) and Rutgers to Jay Street and via Culver Express to Coney Island (except overnights, though this incarnation of the (C) could be 24/7 if warranted). This gives Coney Island and Culver Express riders a new one-seat option via 8th Avenue.

(E) replaces the (C) in Brooklyn to Euclid Avenue at all times. During rush hours, some (E) trains still terminate at Chambers as they do now.

A new supplemental (K) train (actually a revival of the old (AA) train that was the (K) in the '80s) runs from Chambers-168th Street at all times (to accommodate local riders at the WTC too lazy to walk to the (A) platform at Chambers and for those in lower Manhattan who are looking for spots north of 50th Street). This would be 2-4 TPH.

The (F) and (G) would as noted terminate at Church Avenue, except the (F) would still run to Coney Island as it does now overnights.

This also would give riders along the Rutgers portion (including Broadway-Lafayette, Essex-Delancey, East Broadway and York Streets) excluding overnights direct access to the 8th Avenue line as well as there being a new transfer to the 8th Avenue line available from the (6) at Bleecker.

That to me is the best way to bring back the Culver Express.

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