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Re: South Ferry Inner Loop Station. |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Tue Feb 16 23:56:04 2016, in response to Re: South Ferry Inner Loop Station., posted by Jace on Tue Feb 16 21:56:49 2016. An express will run much longer distances between stations giving the passengers on board time to circulate into less crowded cars especially on the Bronx and Brooklyn ends.The only IRT platforms that were 10 cars long were those built under the Dual Contracts. Most of the original 1904 platforms were shorter. In particular, Jackson Ave, Prospect Ave, Intervale Ave, Simpson St, 174th St and 177th St Stations were not lengthened until 13 June 1949. The distance between Bronx local stations is as short or shorter than those on the 14th St Line. They still operated 30 tph on the White Plains Rd Line back in 1949. As for the R110Bs, they would have been a poor option since you'd lose four door openings versus a 9 car train of slightly less than 60's. What's important in reducing dwell time is total doorway aisle width. The 67 foot BMT Standards had only 3 2-leaf doors per side. The Standard's end doorway aisle width was 66"; the center doorway was aisle 80". That's a total of 212" of doorway ailes per side. The R142 doorway width is 50" for a total of 200" per side. The second factor that's important for reducing dwell time is the placement of poles to maintain paths to/from doorway aisles with standees. Pole placement and the wide aisles ensured that passengers could get from seats to the door quickly with full service loads. |
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