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Posted by randyo on Sat Apr 4 04:12:29 2009, in response to Re: Real 11-car Train April Fools Joke, posted by Roosevelt Island 360 on Fri Apr 3 10:46:17 2009. AFAIK, any IND stations that could accomodate 11 car trains can still do so. I have not seen any 11 car stations that have been shortened from 660 ft to 600 ft. I have seen a pre unification IND rule book which contains a list of all the IND stations that are shorter than 660 ft but I don't recall which ones they were. The problem, however that was mentioned in several posts is that the newer construction on the IND including the stations S/O Bway/ENY only provided for 10 car trains even though the E line did run 11 car trains to Euclid with the last car unopened S/O ENY. The stations on the Culver and Fulton Line to Lefferts were only extended to accomodate 10 cars so operation of 11 car trains on the F would be impossible at the present time. If, however, the door control circuits were modified so that either of the end cars could be left closed at selected stations while the rest of the train is opened similar to what is done on the PATH, then 11 car operation might become feasible. |
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