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Re: (G) cut from Queens Boulevard |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Mon Dec 24 10:53:52 2007, in response to Re: (G) cut from Queens Boulevard, posted by Railman718 on Mon Dec 24 10:33:52 2007. Well, I suppose we can go over some factors that would tend to favor Coney Island Yard over Jamaica, so far as I, based on my layperson observations, can tell.pro-Coney Island: probably, there's more free space in Brooklyn for maintenance and storage relative to Queens, especially at the Av X and Church Av facilities con-Coney Island: the R46 trainsets have been maintained at Jamaica for many years, now, and also, to add another type of car to the mix there makes the specialization job there tougher. pro-Jamaica: current expertise in maintaining R46 cars is already in-house con-Jamaica: it seems like the area is stuffed with cars, and under the pending service change, cars assigned to the G route would have to go roughly as far to Jamaica on a non-revenue run as to Coney Island On the balancing of these factors, I still tend to give Jamaica the edge, since things seem to militate in its favor. (Although obviously other considerations could tilt the calculus). But if one changes up the scenario a bit, by moving various car classes' assignments around, as must happen, anyway, over the next few years, that introduces a lot of unpredictability into the decision, and on these observations, I don't think one could tell one way or the other. |
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