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Posted by Nilet on Sat Jan 28 00:21:59 2017, in response to Re: N to 96/2, posted by Michael549 on Fri Jan 27 23:35:47 2017. If you really want to tie yourself in knots define what is a local station, and define what is an express station.If I say "59th Street is an express stop on the IND," do you understand the meaning of that statement? If so, we're done. The point of language is to communicate; if it's serving its purpose then there's no need to nitpick it. The idea of one-size-fits-all definitions is pointless because it fails to understand the purpose of language; it results in a lot of effort being spent on crafting definitions to cover all possible use cases when it would be far easier to simply define a one-off use whenever the generally understood (if vague) definition doesn't suffice. Or in other words, it's the perfect thing for SubChatters to argue about! So my definition is this: An express station is served by a train operating express on that line. A local station is either bypassed by an express train or located on a line with no express service. This applies regardless of track or platform layout. So: 7th Avenue   = Express station; served by the express.7th Avenue   = Local station; no express on that route.Elmhurst Avenue   = Local station; bypassed by  expresses.
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