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Posted by KLCS on Sat Apr 12 01:34:22 2008, in response to Re: G Train Hearing at City Hall, posted by Michael549 on Sat Apr 12 00:33:56 2008. Mike,I guess you haven't noticed that before May 1987, when we had the EE and N lines on WEEKDAYS ONLY, the G was the ONLY local ssrvice ALL WEEKEND. No direct Manhattan srvice from local stops west of Forest Hills without a transfer to the E or F. I have never understood this longstanding service arrangement since the 11th Street Connector opened in 1955. Only when the N/R switch did we have Manhattan local service weekday evenings and weekends. So from 1955 to 1987, Queens Blvd. local riders had no choice but to take the express to reach Manhattan. And the funny thing was, Lex-51st transfer wasn't completed until 1989, so the only way to reach the Lex Line was via the N or 7. Even when the R was cut back from Queens late nights, we had the G local and the E EXPRESS. So riders had to transfer to the E to go to Manhattan. Only in 1997, when the F was re-extended to 179th Street and we had E and F local service at night have we had a sound service plan. But that was shot in 2001 when the F ran express. |
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