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Posted by Express Rider on Wed Sep 2 03:15:43 2015, in response to Re: What's the obsession with making the subway go EVERYWHERE?, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri Aug 21 11:10:13 2015. A couple of thoughts - I never understood why local service was not extended to 179th St. If it were, then local trains would serve as a feeder along the entire Queens Line. If there was express service from 179, that would mean only four express stops (five stops with Court Square) to Manhattan, and running time would decrease.If the subway had been/were to be, extended eastward in Queens, perhaps to the proposed Little Neck parkway terminus, as a four track line, local service from LNP would feed the express service, and running time for express trains to Manhattan from LNP would not be that much longer, given that there'd be only one or two express stops between LNP and 179 (I don't remember/know the locations for the planned stations.) If built as a two track line to LNP, local service could still run as an express feeder from 179. Although with a terminus that far east, you'd pick up Nassau commuters from just over the border - greater passenger volume entering at LNP - who would want quick service to Manhattan (express to 179 rathan than all stops to 179). Four tracks to LNP woule be best for efficient service, but we know neither this, nor a two track extension, will never happen. |
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