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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Sat Jan 26 07:43:49 2008, in response to "V" to Euclid Ave, posted by Train Dude on Fri Jan 25 22:05:29 2008. I discussed the scheduling difficulties of multiple merges within the last couple of weeks. The E,F,R,V is already a nightmare. Adding an additional merge of the V with the A/C makes things even worse.A merge at W 4th is a non-starter because the V would have to merge with the C/E, then the C/V would have to merge with the A. I assume the purpose is to relieve passenger crowding, rather than implementation of the new management mantra of line superintendents. The cordon counts support the hypothesis that trains through the Cranberry St Tunnel are overcrowded. The question is where does the overcrowding occur. Station turnstile counts suggest that crowding occurs at Jay St, when riders from the F move to the A/C. My reasoning is that the turnstile counts for the Fulton and Culver lines are roughly the same but the cordon counts show that Cranberry is much more favored than Rutgers St. That would imply that riders want downtown access. Switching the V at Jay St isn't going to provide any help. I'd assume the object is to provide more service for both downtown and Fulton St. The obvious solution is to run longer and more frequent trains on the existing services. The C is still operating 480' trains. Increasing them to 600' should be the first priority. One problem is that demand us unbalanced between uptown and downtown. If you schedule services to handle Washington Hts and the Bronx, then Brooklyn suffers. If you meet Brooklyn's demands, then CPW and points north have excess service that busts the budget. That's not the way combining services was supposed to work. The solution is to operate short runs. I've been told that this is more difficult than operating on time by "knowledgeable" TA sources. Also, the track topology does not make it easy. The only possibility that I see is short-turning trains at Penn Sta on the express. |
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