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Posted by SMAZ on Sun Apr 13 04:37:40 2008, in response to Re: G Train Hearing at City Hall, posted by jsun21 on Sat Apr 12 23:37:12 2008. I would make the (W) to Astoria an 18/6 service at the combined TPH of today's (N/W). That's about 15 TPH during rush hours. The Fulton Local would get as many of these (W) trains as necessary with the surplus turning at Whitehall St. The (N) would go up the Upper SAS to help the (Q). It would then run from CI to Astoria via Montague late nights and Sundays. The weekday service would get rid of merges/diverges on both the Bway BMT AND the Fulton IND while providing an alternative service to Fulton riders. The cut I propose would go from the Court St BMT station directly to the outer H-S tracks. It would merge with those tracks east of the TM. The IND Court St stub would remain unaltered. I think that Fulton local passengers would prefer the (W) over the (C) anyway as long as it at least meets current (C) headways. I also don't think it would be fair to Lefferts riders to turn their current service into a semi-local. That wouldn't be politically viable anyway. A (C) express on the other hand would give them at least the same if not better headways then the (A). (A) trains currently serving Lefferts would go to the Rockaways giving those communities enhanced service. A win-win-win without the cost of new underwater tunnels. Perhaps one day, if such tunnels were to be built from the SAS Water St Line, they could then be connected to the TM stub and serve as the basis for either a Utica St Branch from the Fulton Local or connect with the Crosstown after H-S and give that trunk Manhattan service. |
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