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Posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Apr 15 11:35:50 2015 LION *insists* that the (R) train *MUST* run from Astoria to Ft. Hamilton as the Broadway Local 24/7 and at saturation headways during most of the day time hours.HIM *knows* your issue about 'no yard'... So LION build you a yard:  This consists of a single track running the middle of 31st Street two blocks to the Con Edison Property, and then via arrangements with Con Ed (perhaps tax relief or something) agree to place a yard as I have diagrammed above. The viaduct running between the station and the yard would be of concrete on single risers not unlike a highway interchange, it would be heavily soundproofed and would as narrow as possible to allow maximum light to the street below. Trains would only operate on it for lay-ups and put-ins so there would be very little traffic on it to upset the residents below. LION would not make a big affair in doing this, him would just come in and do it before the residents realized what was happening. LION thinks him could tie up about 15-20 trains there, more if it is double decked or if more land were agreed upon by Con Ed. Since elevated the yard is, it would not disturb the Con Ed yard below. WTH, maybe you could even build a housing tower above the yard and let Con Ed make the money on it. ROAR |
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