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Posted by Fytton on Wed Jan 23 07:49:31 2008, in response to Re: New Rockaway Branch, posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Jan 23 07:39:17 2008. 'The (C) to Lefferts probably wont happen since somebody's gonna complain about direct express service from east of Rockaway Blvd.''Only until they realize such passengers can make a same platform transfer anywhere between Rockaway Parkway and Grant Avenue, or a cross-platform transfer at Euclid Avenue.' This has been discussed here before. The consensus seems to be that the Lefferts riders are so besotted with their infrequent express one-seat ride to Manhattan that they will fight tooth and nail to prevent it from being replaced by a more frequent local service that would require a transfer - albeit a very easy transfer - to get them on to an express. The switch suggested here is really a no-brainer. Lefferts would get more trains, Howard Beach JFK would get more trains (pretty important), and Rockaway Park would get all-day direct service to Manhattan. Costs would rise, though, as all the C trains and half of the A trains would go longer distances than now, requiring more trains and more crews to provide the same frequencies, and the dropping of the Rockaway Park S train would only partly counterbalance this. |
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