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Reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Line/Queens Boulevard Effects |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Thu Nov 27 02:36:27 2014, in response to Re: The Time for Reactivation of the Rockaway Beach Line is Now, posted by randyo on Wed Nov 26 17:46:30 2014. That was my view, mainly because of where Genting (parent company of Resorts World, which operates the Aqueduct casino) is based:Genting is based in Malaysia (the company is based there, not all the people who work there are from there I'm sure). The thing that is forgotten is the further away you get from New York, the more you have people who still think of lower Manhattan as "The Financial District" solely because of the New York Stock Exchange being there. My own experiences in dealing with people from many different countries and cultures has shown this, even if you point out to them that much of what once actually was "the financial district" isn't really anywhere near as much any longer. That was why I said what I did. That said, without that as a potential sticking point, I would now look at this scenario that does not change Brooklyn terminals: A revived (V) train returns and runs from 2nd Avenue to Rockaway Park, running it's old route (via 53rd Street like it used to run) until 63rd Street before breaking for the Rockaway Line. Unlike the old (V), this version would become a 24/7 line, allowing the (E) to return to being a 24/7 QB Express. The (M) would continue to be on 6th Avenue, however, the line after Broadway-Lafayette would run with the (F), stopping at 57th Street and 63rd/Lex in Manhattan and Roosevelt Island and 21st-Queensbridge before joining the QB line at 36th Street. The (M) and (R) in this scenario would both be extended to 179th Street on a full-time basis and with both lines being 24/7. What could be done here to avoid any backups would be when needed to have a train on the local at Parsons Boulevard move to the express track and skip 169th before terminating at 179. |
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