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Re: Late Night R to Whitehall St |
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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sat Oct 22 09:03:37 2016, in response to Re: Late Night R to Whitehall St, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Sat Oct 22 02:38:45 2016. In the early 90s, the M was the express, such that all West End trains went express and the N and R were both local all the way (no express 36th to 59th). M, N, and R all went through Montague.I guess therefore it was decided that it was better for the M to "join up" with the B north of Pacific and run 4th Ave Express rather than at 36th, which would have meant 3 4th Ave locals. But I also thinking switching concerns at 36th had something to do with it and they wanted no merges or divergences at 36th. In 1994, the M and N did their switch such that the M became all local and the N became the 4th Ave express, though through Montague of course. In this case, the N was making the switch north of Pacific that the M used to make but the N was now running express all the way from Pacific to 59th. The only sense I see in having a 4th Ave express at night starting Nov. 7 would be the D because the D has to merge at some point with the N and R, whether it be at 36th or Pacific. For the N to leave its "place" in the line just to skip 4 stops and come right back over is more trouble than it's worth. That's how I felt whenever the Q would be rerouted through Montague and they would actually switch it to run it Broadway Express, just to come back to the local north of 34th St. Why bother? |
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