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Re: 7 line extension to New Jersey. |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Thu Mar 1 09:39:27 2018, in response to Re: 7 line extension to New Jersey., posted by JayZeeBMT on Wed Feb 28 17:23:06 2018. It's not likely to ever happen. Don't the 7 tracks turn south after the Hudson Yards station and end at something like 25th Street? That takes it away from the route to NJ that had been discussed, which was to send it to Secaucus, doesn't it? Add to that jurisdictional issues between the MTA and the Port Authority, and the not-so-simple issue of fare collection. Would this extension be covered by the regular subway fare? If not, how to collect the difference? The way the subway to the Rockaways used to work it comes to mind; a double fare (or more) to enter the NJ terminal, and an exit fare there equal to the difference between the entry fare and the regular subway fare. Since there will (presumably) be only one station in NJ, at least the problems that occurred with people riding the subway within the Rockaways won't come up. But people will be able to "railfan" the line for the regular subway fare, as long as they don't exit the station in NJ.So OK, maybe fare collection won't be a problem. But I just can't see this ever actually happening. Certainly not by 2040 (which I hope I'll be alive to see). |
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