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Posted by Michael549 on Thu Jun 18 20:29:36 2015, in response to Re: M to West 4th on Weekends/Late Nights, posted by Joe V on Thu Jun 18 18:29:25 2015. In my previous message, I've already cited two stations, and now I will cite the last - DeKalb Avenue.The DeKalb Avenue station has been long cited by many as a bottle-neck for the southern-Brooklyn former BMT lines. Where train routes of almost every branch crossed-over to another branch. http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/calcagno-1968-system.gif http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1972.jpg http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/calcagno-1978-system.gif http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/calcagno-1997-august-sub-rus.gif http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/calcagno-2001-07-22.gif http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/calcagno-2004-02-22.gif On this forum (and other forums) the TA's 2004 decision to route D-trains to the West-End line, to route the part-time B-train service to the Brighton line, and to have both N and D trains skip the DeKalb Avenue station at all times except midnight hours - have created almost end-less debate ever since. The TA's basic reasoning was the elimination of train cross-traffic both into and out of the Pacific Street station, where all 4th Avenue local and express service must use a single track (in each direction) prior to entering or after leaving the DeKalb Avenue station, and the subsequent merging with trains on other tracks. This operation & the switching of trains among the various tracks occurred not only during the rush hours, but during the day-times, evenings, weekends and late nights. The TA felt that this bottle-neck was hindering train traffic in all directions. Of course having both N and D trains skip the DeKalb Avenue station meant the removal of the single platform transfer & Sixth Avenue service especially on the weekends. The resulting TA's suggestion to transfer between trains at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclay Center complex still has yet to be greeted favorably by many transit fans. Yes, the gripping continues! The MTA can operate THEIR TRAINS any way they want to - it IS their railroad. What we often debate is whether something should be done, even when we know that idea is possible. Mike |
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