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Posted by
Wallyhorse
on Sat Apr 16 01:19:31 2016
edf40wrjww2msgDetail:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d We finally know that the shutdown of the (L) tunnels won't happen until 2019:
The New York Daily News did the report that made official what we have known for some time.
As I originally posted a while back (with links there to the original two parts), I had suggested the idea of truncating the (L) to between Broadway Junction and what we now know likely will be Lorimer Street (as Bedford Street and 1st Avenue are expected to be made into roomier stations during the shutdown) so the (L) can focus on the more heavily traveled part of the line while Canarsie is served by a line running via Broadway-Brooklyn to EITHER Broad Street (a new "Brown (K)" that had been suggested by someone else) or 168th (a re-routed (C) via Carnasie, Broadway-Brooklyn, and after West 4th its normal route) while at the same time, supplementing the (M) with a new "Orange (T)" that would basically be the (M) except with such trains running to 96th Street and 2nd Avenue instead of 71st-Continental, with this new "Orange (T)" operating 24/7 with 6-7 TPH (3 TPH late nights), replacing the (M) late nights and weekends since this "Orange (T)" would absorb the existing late night/weekend (M) runs.
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