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Posted by Michael549 on Tue Jul 7 11:19:02 2015, in response to Re: Ways to improve C & R trains, posted by Broadway Lion on Tue Jul 7 10:46:06 2015. I've said in the past, that I would re-create the W-train and operate it 24/7/365 as the local service to/from Astoria with its terminals being Whitehall Street (full-time), and Coney Island via the Sea Beach line (midnight hours), with additional rush hour service out of Canal Street/City Hall lower level and 9th Avenue stations. That way during the rush hours W-train operate every 5 minutes, the current service level of N & Q trains now. (With regular service to/from Whitehall Street and Astoria about 8-10 minutes.)At the same time, I'd have both the N & Q trains operate out of 96th Street & Second Avenue. At 8-10 minutes between trains, this would have trains running every 4-5 minutes on Second Avenue. Both the N & Q trains would operate express along Broadway, over the Manhattan Bridge and to/from their respective terminals in Brooklyn. This would give East-side riders an incentive to use the New Second Avenue subway with its frequent service, and help fulfill its original goal as the intended relief for the Lexington Avenue subway. There would be NO criss-crossing of the local and express trains! The express and local routes would be "straight-railed" through Manhattan. During the midnight hours, the N & R trains would stop running as usual, and the R-train would have its usual midnight Brooklyn shuttle operation. The W-train would be extended to Coney Island via Sea Beach (the N-train route) making all local stops in Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn, and allowing the usual transfers. This way on the BMT-Broadway line the pathways of the N & Q trains never have to cross the paths of the R & W trains. The similarity of the N & Q trains would make the terminal operations at 96th Street easier. This should speed up the N & Q trains since the major merge point would be the DeKalb Avenue complex, otherwise the N & Q trains would be "straight-railed" to their respective terminals. The R-train would be helped and speeded up because it would only have to deal with the following merge points: a) Queens Plaza & 11th Street cut, b) rush-hours only Canal Street/City Hall for some W-trains, c) regular terminal service at Whitehall - most W-trains, and d) rush-hours only at 36th Street/9th Avenue - some W-trains. The reduction in merge points should allow speedier traffic since the the R-train would not have to interact with the N or Q express trains. If the Second Avenue subway were to open in 18-months - this idea would go a long way to helping out the N, Q, R and W lines. Mike |
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