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Re: Switching the C and V south of West 4th |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Oct 13 14:23:38 2009, in response to Re: Switching the C and V south of West 4th, posted by Wado MP73 on Mon Oct 12 19:31:23 2009. Wado:Even by cutting out the C from the Financial District-Penn Station/PABT scenario, there are still multiple options for riders from the financial district to get to Penn Station in particular: From Fulton: 2/3 at Fulton Street and the A at Broadway-Nassau. In this scenario, even the V at Bway-Nassau is an option as it would stop at 6th Avenue-32nd Street, one block east of Penn Station (and if the underground concourse between 6th and 7th avenues and Penn Station on 32nd-33rd Streets reopens by the time this would take effect in 2012-'13, then even those passengers can simply walk underground from the V. From Chambers-WTC: Same options as Fulton (2/3 at Park Place, A/V at the express platform), plus the E train on the WTC Terminal tracks. If additional service between Penn Station/PABT and the financial district is needed on the 8th avenue line, a limited number of "Diamond C" trains could be added in both directions between 168-WTC Terminal during rush hours since that's where those trains would most likely be needed with the World Financial Center closer to that station than Broadway-Nassau. That would solve that problem and allow the C trains to go 168-Church Avenue at all times (again, 24/7 as I would do it) with the V replacing the C going to Euclid (and becoming a 19/7 line). Aside from the other side benefits previously mentioned, there is another important one that could easily come up as Columbia University expands over the next 15 years or so: Giving both Park Slope and East Village residents who work or go to school at Columbia among others a much easier two-seat ride there, being able to take the C train to Columbus Circle instead of 14th Street on the F with a much shorter walk to what during AM rush hours would likely be a much-less crowded 1 train at 59th as opposed to 14th street, with the reverse likely true (at the point of transfer) during PM rush hours. |
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