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Posted by coneyisl on Thu Sep 18 22:24:02 2014, in response to Re: Culver Express, posted by Nilet on Thu Sep 18 21:35:37 2014. It's been gone for a long time. There is a switch after Avenue X NB. Sort of mystifying that the NB KH switch was removed. I don't think there will be any money around to restore that switch. If there were to be limited Express service restored, to help out folks furthest south on the line you could run 4-5 TPH Express out of Stillwell and have them go express after Ave X. You could send 4-5 TPH put-ins out of CIY and start them at Ave X or Ave U. PM rush SB express to Stillwell, trains can switch local before OR after KH, If you ran 4-5 TPH SB locals to KH and then turn them or run them light to CIY I don't think it would break anybody's heart. I still don't quite understand why they ran some F Express SB from 18th Ave to KH in the 80's, although it was fun. Could have just been a throwback to the steel car shortage days. Maybe an old-timer out there knows the answer to that question. Years ago the Brighton Line ran 3 D trains out of Stillwell between 6:55 and 7:15 (approximately) that ran local then switched to the express tracks north of BB and some of the even earlier D trains out of Stillwell switched at KH because there were M and QB put-ins coming out of BB from the lay up tracks S of BB and on the express tracks between BB and SHB. It was a groovy ride for folks on the 3 stops before BB. Believe me. People in that area new what time the D Local/Express was coming through West 8th and OP. For the most part, those people weren't looking for the M or QB. OP to Rockefeller Center: 43 minutes flat. When the R46s replaced the R44s on the D around 1980, life was good. Big difference from the F though, because there were two Brighton Local Services. But, they all managed to dove tail together at Prospect Park without too much trouble. Merging Fs at Jay street shouldn't be a problem. If somebody really needs to get to 4th Ave there are plenty of opportunities to catch the F or G at Church or 7th. I might be mistaken, but I would venture to guess that there aren't too many people boarding the F at Neptune Ave to transfer at 4th Ave! |
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