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Posted by Q Brightliner Harry on Sat Jan 7 12:44:47 2017, in response to Re: N to 96/2, posted by GojiMet86 on Fri Jan 6 13:16:18 2017. No. I disagree with your whole train of thought. Here's why. Let's look at how many trains are involved daily: 7.There are 3 morning N trains to 96th originating from Coney Island and running via Sea Beach. Most of the riders of these three trains get on at the Sea Beach N stations. To them, What is a Q? Just a Qonfusion. By the time these trains reach Times Square they are, in effect, in reverse peak direction. There would not be very many people on them, and of those people, a good percentage got on at Brooklyn stations. These riders are already aware that some N trains at that time interval do not go to Astoria (previously they went to 57th). So in the morning, a Q designation does not help very many people, if any at all, instead serving to confuse the majority of riders. Now let's look at the 4 afternoon N trains to 96th. I have not checked the intervals on the Sea Beach, so I have to ask the question. Is it really necessary that these four afternoon trains go via Sea Beach? Is there really too long an interval between Astoria-bound N trains in the reverse peak afternoon direction? If not, these four should be run as Q-diamond specials, via Brighton Express. They would reach midtown no less quickly than Sea Beach trains with no need of the confusing/ridiculous "Q via Sea Beach" designations. |
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