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Re: Moving the (R) to Nassau Street permanently |
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Posted by zac on Tue Nov 30 17:48:00 2021, in response to Re: Moving the (R) to Nassau Street permanently, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Nov 30 17:26:04 2021. It is. So much so that they disconnected it from the bridge. Nassau St was supposed to solve all of the BMT problems after the dual contracts, along with the completion of the 14th St-Eastern line. There was a huge bottleneck at Canal St with people changing trains, plus trains couldn't use the south side of the Manhattan Bridge because it dead-ended at Chambers St and that created a bottleneck at Dekalb Ave. Once it opened however, it was never used nearly as much as anticipated. The Culver trains went through it as well as some rush hour specials. But the junction at Chambers was still a bottleneck with trains crossing at grade. Many more trains terminated at Broad, Chambers and Canal than used the loop. The 14th St line did take some pressure off of Canal St, but how much? It is a long, slow ride. At least Broadway/Bklyn has an express.The solution was Chrystie St. Cut the connection at Chambers St, run full service on both sides of the bridge and the tunnel from Dekalb, and through route the Nassau St trains to Coney Island from Jamaica. But Nassau St. still was pretty empty towards CI. I remember riding the QJ and it had light crowds compared to the other lines until it got to Dekalb. Or going the other way more people waited for the QB. And even in more recent times they cut the J back to Chambers because the other two stops were deserted on weekends. And try to find the entrance to the Fulton St. stop. It was tied into the 8th Ave network of ramps, up and down, this way and that, and the ticket machine for the Myrtle El. I've never once gotten off at Broad St. And why did they renovate those two stations? |
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