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Posted by Michael549 on Mon Aug 14 16:38:32 2017, in response to Re: Question: Why No Station at 188th Street/Hillside Avenue?, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Mon Aug 14 10:54:56 2017. Maybe I was not being clear.I started out talking about the capabilities of the 179th Street station as a terminal, both as a place to store trains, to terminate and relay trains, and to handle the heavy load of train traffic both into and out of the station. I was NOT talking about any one's skills or capabilities in any negative way. I guess that in my own way I was applauding the skills and management of the folks who have and continue to work there - by applauding the capabilities of the terminal. I was NOT saying anything negative about the Motorman who died, or about any of the MTA staff that work there. I apologize if that was the impression or message conveyed - that was never my intention. You said that trains that use the lower level to conduct the terminate and relay operation take a little longer than trains that use the upper level. I was simply saying that even if it "takes a little longer" - the 179th Street station as a terminal is still VERY MUCH A VERY CAPABLE TERMINAL. The 179th Street terminal pumped out 15 trains per hour for E-trains, and 15 trains per hour for F trains during the rush hours for several decades. In both directions of travel - both out-going traffic and in-coming traffic. You said, " . . . I relayed trains upstairs and downstairs MANY times in my career." I realize that some now may think at the station is not as capable as it used to be, with only F-trains operating there, and a few E-trains. I hoped to rebut that contention. I never meant to insult anyone or the memory of anyone. If I did, I apologize. Michael PS - In the mid-1970's, a friend of mine Jackie who lived in Hollis, Queens told me about her train trip to City College. About how she would note where the doors opened on newly arriving trains so that she could "spot her seat" for the trip to Manhattan. I was intrigued by her description of the station because it was unlike any of the subway stations that I used growing up in the Bronx. This meant that I had to travel to the end of the E line in Queens just to see the station in operation during the rush hours after class. This was before the Transit Exhibition opened with the white plastic model board of the whole subway system which gave away its many secrets. Where before I had to make my own hand-drawn track maps to figure out the subway stations and tracks. Those where the days when being a "transit nerd" was a kind of lonely hobby. |
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