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Posted by Joe V on Mon Sep 4 16:59:23 2006, in response to Re: Jamaica Av EL Track Question, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Mon Sep 4 14:50:20 2006. They ran a far denser service 40 years ago down Broadway. There is no excuse for congestion at Myrtle today except for bad scheduling or dispatching. Then they had to merge the Myrtle subway trains with the Myrtle El trains and that worked. It would not today.The J/Z service when first started was each at 12 minute intervals for about 70 minutes. There were 7 Z's. Now they are 10 minute intervals for 60 minutes but with only 6 Z's. I don't think the present regime at Jay Street likes skip-stop given that they have never done it on the L, and dismantled it on the 1. |