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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Feb 14 11:46:15 2007, in response to Re: THE ORPHANS OF CHRYSTIE STREET, PART 1 THE RJ, posted by wzlirr on Wed Feb 14 10:02:32 2007. There's a nice balance on the Brighton line right now. Back before 1986, the D would usually be crush loaded and the few QB runs hardly taxed, assuming they were actually running. The M was a glorified shuttle for the D expresses. The 1986-88 skip-stop pattern worked nicely, since both trains travelled along Broadway and no express service was available. The D/Q pattern of the 90's led to the same imbalance. Now, you have the less popular route travelling the more popular express run, which evens things out while providing express service. It's the perfect pattern. Notice that 4th Ave. trains are not balanced at all. N's usually cross more crowded than D's do (which seem to have the least crowding of any Manhattan Bridge route during the rush hours, at least to my unscientific eyes). |
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