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Posted by Andy on Wed Apr 22 12:02:50 2015, in response to Re: De Blasio Want To Expand The Subway, posted by SLRT on Wed Apr 22 11:06:23 2015. As the previous poster says, a Jamaica-Brooklyn shuttle subway is useless.The Atlantic Avenue idea would only make sense if it were connected to a subway route between Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. There are major obstacles to doing that because it is physically nearly impossible, since the LIRR is above the BMT tunnels at Atlantic and Flatbush. The IRT route has no capacity. If there were a way to route the Atlantic Avenue line into the Montague Tunnel (capacity exists) it could create a through service with the J train, resulting in a Jamaica to Jamaica service. Could also built a branch south from Atlantic Avenue along Utica because the LIRR is elevated at that point, so connecting to an underground route on Utica might work. However, not likely to happen in my lifetime. I'm in my late sixties. |
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