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Posted by Michael549 on Sun Dec 4 18:58:10 2016, in response to Re: Why is the D an Express in Manhattan Overnight?, posted by randyo on Sun Dec 4 17:48:32 2016. I agree that using the 34th Street-Penn Station center platform as the terminal for the #3 mid-night hour long shuttle would be useful, and would be sort of like when the #4 and #5 trains terminated at Atlantic Avenue in the 1980's.I say at the out-set that the subways are: "Not My Railroad!" (Smile) There are plenty of things that would seem "right", "logical", or the "better thing to do". We debate that kind of stuff all of the time. (Yeah!) Sometimes why the MTA either does or does not do something we might be able to figure out or not. At the end of the day, it is the MTA's railroad. Not having the #3 midnight hour long shuttle not terminate at 34th Street could be due to: a) limiting passenger confusion at 34th Street, b) not really "needing" to so to terminate those #3 trains there, etc. Any number of reasons - but at least an effective transfer station at 42nd Street-Times Square is the last stop. Any number of reasons - including the creation of the bare minimum long shuttle. In any case is was interesting to watch the midnight #3 shuttle in operation at 135th Street-Lenox Avenue, and its usage of the middle track there. Mike |
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