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Posted by Broadway Lion on Wed Dec 30 11:06:13 2015, in response to Re: W to Astoria/N and Q to 96th Street?, posted by Joe V on Tue Dec 29 13:38:49 2015. LION would change that. Where does the (R) fall down but on Queens Blvd. LION would send the (R) to Astoria, and would stuff as many consists on that line as it can manage. Flood the Bway LCL with (R) Trains. Maybe short turn every 4th train at Whitehall. Short turn other 4th trains at 9th Avenue LL. So only 1/2 of them get to go all the way to 95th Street.White hall cannot turn more trains than this since it would jam the line with waiting trains. Send alternate short turns to 9th. KEEP THE LINE FLUID yes, cut the number or train sets needed with the short terns. LINE needs an Astoria Extension to the Con Ed plant. Yes the peeps will bitch, so buy them a small female dog and let them doodle with it. The extension will be a single non-revenue track in the middle of the road casting minuscule shadow on the ground and running so quietly, they will not even know that a train is passing. Obviously the trains will run slowly, and there will be layup for 8 to 12 trains at the Con Ed Yard. An elevated yard with Con Ed still using the ground level and mayhap selling the air rights above the yard for development. Sure their plant is an eyesore, but by the time the structure rises above the ground, the yard, and the parking levels you are left with primo space for high class development. (AD it isa short walk to the subway at Ditmas.! Lay up and do light maintenance at 9th/36 and you have the PERFECT BROADWAY LOCAL. You can even discontinue BMT service on the Queensboro, what the heck is *that* needed for anyway! It is NOT. All of those stations can be served by the (E) and the (F)! Give it increased (M) service and let it go at that! ROAR |
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