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Posted by Michael549 on Sat May 23 19:21:40 2015, in response to What Would Happen If The 60th Street Tunnel Were Closed?, posted by Nilet on Sat May 23 03:58:53 2015. If the 60th Street tunnel were to need major repairs for an extended period of time, say a year, there are a number of options the MTA could take.1) The MTA could easily route R-trains north of the 57th Street-Seventh Ave station along the 63rd Street Tunnel both to and from Queens Blvd sharing those tracks with F-trains. While these R-trains would not stop at the Queens Plaza, 60th Street-Lexington Avenue, or Fifth Avenue stations in both directions - thus 2 major transfer stations - plenty of riders could still be accommodated. 2) The lengthy repair work on the 60th Street Tunnel would not have to take both tracks out of service. For example one track could be taken out of service for 6 months, and then the other track for 6 months of non-stop repair work. 3) One track at the 60th Street-Lexington Avenue station would be used for through traffic both to/from Queens. The other track - the one under repair could be used to terminate trains. For example during the AM-rush hours - N-train traffic from Astoria could proceed as normal between Manhattan and Queens, while N-trains from Brooklyn could terminate/relay on the capped-off track and return to Brooklyn. In the evening PM-hours N-train traffic to Astoria would flow, while Brooklyn-bound N-trains would terminate at 60th Street-Lexington Avenue. The middle track along the Astoria line would be used to store and to supply trains for the rush hour periods, and as storage over nights. 4) During the day-times, evenings and weekends - the single operating track would be used for both traffic to/from Astoria, with the capped-off track used to terminate/relay/return N-trains to Brooklyn that can be accommodated on the trek to/from Queens. This would make the 60th Street-Lexington the "for the duration Manhattan terminal" of the N-train. 5) Q-Trains would either terminate north of the 42nd Street station, at 57th Street-Seventh Avenue, 60th Street-Lexington Avenue station, or routed up & through Second Avenue to the 96th Street-Second Avenue station - all depending upon when this kind of long-term repair work would take place. 6) Under such a long-term repair project the #7 train would be heavily impacted by the extra passenger traffic at all times of the day/nights/weekends. The amount of scheduled train traffic on the #7 line would have to increased at all hours to handle the loads. 7) It is possible that a series of shuttle trains - one between 60th Street-Lexington Avenue and Queens Boro-Plaza, and one between Astoria and Queens Boro-Plaza might be instituted during some portions of the repair work. Such a shuttle operation might be feasible for the rush hour periods - with their high passenger demands - but for lighter traffic periods. 8) Bus service on the Q-102 and nearby Q-101 would be beefed up allowing riders to take those buses directly to the Queens Plaza station for service to/from Manhattan. In addition a full-length shuttle bus should be established between the Ditmars Blvd station and the Queens Plaza and Queens-Borough Plaza stations, that runs through-out the repair period. 9) Some thought would have to be given to the creation of a direct bus route from 60th Street-Lexington Avenue, the 63rd Street-Lexington Avenue and the Queens Plaza or Queens-Borough Plazs stations, with possibly some runs of this bus extended all of the way to Ditmars Blvd. -------------- Just a few thoughts. Mike |
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