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Re: J line extension to Bay Ridge after Second Avenue subway opens? |
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Posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Fri Feb 5 04:22:54 2016, in response to J line extension to Bay Ridge after Second Avenue subway opens?, posted by Edwards! on Thu Feb 4 21:46:41 2016. I agree with most every point you made concerning restoration of the full Broadway Brooklyn Express (and skip-stop) like during the time of the QJ. Not only would it benefit J/Z train riders, it would also help the very overcrowded E by providing a more attractive option to some E riders. So restoration of a "normal hours" full Broadway Brooklyn Express would benefit riders not just on the Jamaica Line, but on the Queens Boulevard Line as well. Ergo the restoration of the full Broadway Brooklyn Express should be a TA priority.To me, the major question is, how to do it? There are two limitations, as I see it (excluding the TA's natural stubborn unwillingness to make changes of any kind). 1. Is there enough rolling stock? 2. The upcoming 3-year shut down of the 14th St.-Canarsie Line. Here's what I would suggest for the upcoming 3-year shutdown: 1. Send Canarsie trains via the Broadway Brooklyn Local to Broad St. at all times. Rush hours and normal hours, weekdays, 6:00 AM to 10:30 PM, extend the routing of alternate trains to 95th St.-Fort Hamilton. All other times terminating at Broad St. This might be doable with the R143 rolling stock freed up from the L line closure. 2. During the 3-year period, restore the Atlantic Av. station and beyond, to full use as a terminal for the Broadway Brooklyn Local. By then, too, hopefully, R179s will have arrived and R32s will not be scrapped so that there'd be enough rolling stock. |
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