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Re: Build a Virtual Subway Line in the Bronx |
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Posted by Michael549 on Fri Nov 16 00:56:12 2007, in response to Re: Build a Virtual Subway Line in the Bronx, posted by italianstallion on Thu Nov 15 23:07:15 2007. From a previous message: "The regular MNRR trains would skip all the new "subway" stops, except Fordham and 125th. People could switch from the subway-type locals to the MNRR trains to the suburbs at those 2 stops. Thus the existing Harlem locals that start in Westchester and stop at stations like Woodlawn and Botanical Garden would no longer do so. That would benefit Westchester riders."A few questions - after the passengers have switched trains at 125th Street, just where do those 'subway stop" trains go? The 125th Street MNRR station is really not a good station to try to terminate and relay trains during the height of the rush hours when some 70 trains come roaring through. If those "subway stop" trains were to continue the journey to Grand Central Terminal just like the other trains, then in essence they would be just like the regular trains that stop at those stations now. In 1968 one of the proposals for the Second Avenue Subway was to take over the outside local tracks to use as a replacement for the Third Avenue El route. I suspect that the amount of trains that the MNRR handles, the need for the full use of those tracks, and the historical problems with the SAS lead to other ideas and thoughts. Mike |
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