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Re: Why are the Q and B local/express swapped Brooklyn/Manhattan? |
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Posted by Nilet on Thu Apr 12 12:07:38 2018, in response to Re: Why are the Q and B local/express swapped Brooklyn/Manhattan?, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Apr 11 18:35:18 2018. The IND was built the it was in Manhattan to induce local riders to stay on board their trains to their final destination. Thus you have a bare minimum of local-only stops in Midtown (used to be three, now five) and north of 59th St. it's a nonstop express run all the way to 125th. Aside from being the best express dash in the city at one time, it built that way so that local riders boarding below 125th would have little or no advantage changing to an express.It sort of takes inspiration from commuter railroads. Within the central business districts, all trains make all or nearly all stops; beyond that, there are two "zones" where locals make all stops to the end of the first zone and terminate while expresses make very few stops within the first zone and then all stops in the second. |
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