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Posted by Michael549 on Wed Dec 3 13:34:33 2014, in response to Re: Will Queens Plaza and Queensboro Plaza Ever Be Combined?, posted by AlM on Wed Dec 3 10:48:09 2014. From a previous message:"In the last year, I have entered at Union Square, exited the system somewhere, re-entered at 59th/Lex within 2 hours of my original entry, and been charged an additional fare. I am also interested in how they figure out who gets a free transfer at Lex/59. Presumably if I had entered 2 blocks west at 14th/6th and taken the F to Lex/63, I would have been entitled to a free transfer. So something fairly clever is going on. My SWAG would be if you enter at a station that allows you a direct trip to Lex/59, you lose the opportunity for a free transfer." The original purpose of the transfer was to allow riders from Queens to use the F-train and then transfer to the #4-5-6 at Lexington Avenue/59th Street. It simply could be that the card recognizes that one entered at a Queens station that the F-train services, and then allows the free passage at Lexington Avenue/59th Street. On the return trips to Queens - it probably allows folks using certain Lexington Avenue #4-5-6 stations the free passage at 63rd Street/Lexington Avenue. A person at Union Square simply has a quick trip on the L-train to the F-train. At Bleecker Street there is direct access to the F-train. There probably were money/fiscal considerations at the MTA to prevent the creation of a totally free way to use the subways. That consideration might just be behind some of the "limitations" - especially when the MTA did not WANT to create such an "out of system" transfer. Remember, there are many folks who continually propose to the MTA to create to several "out of system" transfers, refer to the situation in Brooklyn where the G-train was closed for 5 weeks in Long Island City. Again folks clamored for a free "out of system" transfer between the G and J trains, something that has been talked about online for years. Just some thoughts. Mike |
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