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Posted by shadyelstation on Sun Sep 16 17:43:36 2007, in response to Re: F train express in Brooklyn in 2008 a possibility?, posted by R30A on Sun Sep 16 16:31:23 2007. From the article:And those platforms will become even more crowded, if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority fails to add new F trains into the proposed express/local mix. The problem of adding "new (F) trains" is easily resolved...by extending the (V) past 2nd Ave. The extended (V) will be the "new" (F). Because Manhattan-bound local and the express trains will be forced into the one-track bottleneck at York Street, there may not be enough capacity to add trains. In the same way that, say, the (A) and (C) share trackage from Chambers to Hoyt-Schermerhorn? Now, combined (F)/(V) service is more frequent than combined (A)/(C) service, but last I checked, 15 (F) trains peak plus 9 (V) trains peak = 24 TPH peak, or a train every 2.5 minutes. Tight window? Yes. The real question is how many trains can the Rutgers tubes handle? THEN one can determine whether squeezing 24 TPH worth of service through Rutgers would be feasible. As it points out, an F express would screw over Carroll Gardens and Park Slope riders, who just happen to be the majority of the ridership on the line... If the (V) is extended Carroll Gardens and Park Slope riders won't be screwed over as much. Personally I'd rather the MTA combine the (M) with the (V) into one line and extend the (G) to the proper terminal at Church Ave, but that's just me. |
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