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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sun Feb 7 13:19:15 2016, in response to Re: W to Astoria/N and Q to 96th Street?, posted by AlM on Sun Feb 7 10:13:23 2016. Unbalanced?The scales just got thrown out the window with the opening of Second Avenue. There needs to be NO BALANCE between the express and the locals as they never share an inch of rail. With the (Q) and the (N) going to 96th Street/Second Avenue... 100% of the express traffic will go uptown. There is no change in Brooklyn or to 71st Street if you are going to tun the (R) that way. The Odd man out is ASTORIA. Astoria needs more service if it is going to loose two trains and get one in return. There will have to be a HUGE number of consists running on the (W), some can short turn at Whitehall, but Whitehall cannot possibly turn (W)s fast enough to choke the trains at Astoria without also choking the (R) trains to Brooklyn. If all (W) trains would turn at Whitehall... you would need three, perhaps four crews on the platform at one time. One arfiving, one walking north, one using the potty or falling back just incase of delays and one ready to depart instantly. Less hectic but also demanding more equipment would be to turn at 36th Street / 9th Avenue etc. etc. And in any event their home would have to be at Ninth Avenue. ROAR |
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