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Posted by AlM on Sat Feb 13 03:54:58 2016, in response to Re: Disaster At The Community Board Meeting, posted by #5 - Dyre Ave on Fri Feb 12 10:10:32 2016. Extra and longer G trains will surely be needed (where they'll be getting the extra cars is something I'd like to know since they're claiming a tight spare factor right now). And the M will need more trains as well, but will they all be able to turn at Metro and not foul up the flat junction at Broadway-Myrtle?A lot of L cars will be available. Right now, the need for 20 tph in the morning rush is entirely due to people riding the train from Bedford Ave to 1 Ave. With the tubes closed, the traffic will disperse into 8 different groups: - Bedford to Lorimer - East of Lorimer to Lorimer - West of Myrtle to Myrtle - East of Myrtle to Myrtle - East of Myrtle to Bway Jct - West of Bway Jct to Bway Jct - Within Manhtatan - Not bothering to take the L at all, but walking or taking a bus to the G, M, or J/Z 4-car trains running every 5 minutes (as opposed to the current 8-car trains running every 3 minutes) should be able to handle those separate groups, leaving lots of spare cars. The express track between Marcy and Myrtle-Bway may have to be sacrificed for use by M trains making a left turn at Myrtle, so that they can do that without slowing down J/Z trains behind them. They could alternate regular G service with long G trains running just from Bedford-Nostrand to Court Square, which is only 1/3rd of the full G run, but covers all the portions of the G that would see more traffic. That could triple capacity with relatively few extra cars. |
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