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Re: Why are the Q and B local/express swapped Brooklyn/Manhattan? |
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Posted by andy on Wed Apr 11 12:15:29 2018, in response to Why are the Q and B local/express swapped Brooklyn/Manhattan?, posted by geoffc on Wed Apr 11 09:32:39 2018. Goes back to the 2004 restoration of 4 track service on the Manhattan Bridge. It was decided the equalize the Broadway and Sixth Avenue services crossing the Bridge, and to respond the residents along the Brighton Line who wanted full-time service to and from the Broadway BMT, the way it was before Chrystie Street. The Q became the full-time service, all local stops, to/from Coney Island. Its north terminals were Astoria or 57th St. before the Q went to 2nd Ave., which was a seamless change. Because the Brighton Express service was weekdays only, it was logical to marry that (today’s B) with the IND local service along Central Park West and the Grand Concourse, which also was weekday only.The other two Manhattan Bridge services are the N (Broadway side) and the D (6th Ave. side), thus giving two weekday services on each side. |
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