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Posted by Michael549 on Sun Dec 4 13:09:51 2016, in response to Re: Why is the D an Express in Manhattan Overnight?, posted by nh153 on Sat Dec 3 22:41:35 2016. "So that's why the D is one of only three overnight express subway lines in NYC (along with the F in Queens and the 3 on Broadway/7th Avenue)."Let's just say that there are times when having an "institutional memory" or "long term memory" available helps to explain some of the happenings on the subways. To take each of these three midnight hour operations and to lump them in to the same "cause and effect" is to not understand the histories of those lines and the needs of their local ridership, and politics. Why is the F-train express at during the mid-night hours? Simple - Politics! From August 1977, F was made a mid-night hours local replacing the G-train which began to end its late night run at Queens Plaza. Since then there were several F-train service changes and now the F-train runs express in Queens the midnight hours via the 63rd Street tunnel. Several forum folks said that the restoration of midnight hour express service was due to local Queens politicians. The number 3 line having a mid-night hour service to and from Times Square started in July 2008. Guess what happened in March 2008? Governor David Paterson took office, the first Black governor of New York State who had his home base in Harlem. For decades the midnight hour service of the #3 Lenox Avenue line - consisted of a short shuttle. From the 1930's that shuttle operated from 96th Street to 145th Street. There were periods where the short-shuttle did not run, and the 145th Street station was closed mid-night hours. And long periods where the short shuttle from from 145th Street to 135th Street, and after 1968 from 148th Street-Lenox Terminal. In 1990 the mid-night hour short shuttle was replaced by buses until 2008, with the mid-night hours closing of those two stations. Harlem residents complained for years about the slow or almost non-existent replacement bus service and the long walks to other subway stations. The other consideration is that the D-train carries a great deal of riders even during the midnight hours. The #3 train shuttle allows Harlem bound riders direct access to a major transfer station. Some times it is good to take a look up from the subway map, to look at the people using the transit services. Mike |
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