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Posted by TheCanarsieConnection on Fri Nov 6 22:39:24 2009, in response to Some questions about the L, posted by insidetransitcom on Fri Nov 6 14:53:34 2009. I never rode the (7) often enough to compare different rides. All the times with the exception of one trip to Flushing has the (7) crawled through the Steinway tube. Only once that I recall did the (7) go fast enough in the Steinway tube to compare with another line and that was in 1996. The (L) goes fast on the R143 with CBTC usually after rush hours. The R40/R42 never had any problems attaining top speed in the 14st tube if they could. Till this day the fastest ride I ever experienced on that run was on an R40 on a Sunday in the Summer of 2001.One thing I am interested in though about the Canarsie run through the tube is that when I was a kid and into the early 90s it always went so slow, I never recall any speed in that tunnel during those years. Then around 1995 that all changed. Was there a reason behind that? |
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