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Re: ''V'' to Euclid Ave |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sat Jan 26 11:45:48 2008, in response to Re: ''V'' to Euclid Ave, posted by Stephen Bauman on Sat Jan 26 07:43:49 2008. One thing that might be considered, instead of sending trains uptown on CPW is to send them to Queens. There's considerable overcrowding already along the E route from Penn Station to Lexington Av-53rd St, and until LIRR's ESA is finished sometime hopefully within the next 6-10 years, it would provide some relief along that stretch while also serving Brooklyn/Lower Manhattan commuters.Effectively, we're talking about an extended E train, to Euclid Av. But the difficulty is that one can't put these trains on to the Queens Blvd express tracks. OK, so run them local on Queens Blvd. The problem then is finding a northern terminal. Well, Jamaica Center clearly won't do. Neither would Forest Hills. That leaves Jamaica-179th St or Parsons Blvd. Given the timing, these trains might only be doing a one-way trip, but if it's a round trip, then there's a relay required, although it's possible to perhaps platform these trains at 179th St, change ends, then run express to Kew Gardens, without going into the relay, if the platforming track is picked right, and the moves are coordinated smoothly, so that one train's movements wouldn't raise a conflict with another's. So this plan calls for special E trains, maybe |
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