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Re: The East 177th Street killing spree continues |
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Posted by Red Line to Glenmont on Fri Sep 30 15:48:02 2005, in response to Re: The East 177th Street killing spree continues, posted by Rail Blue on Fri Sep 30 08:50:28 2005. Here's a good one: Look at the RJ, which is like a Hermaphrodite version of the QJ and RR. Eventually they realized that running every third RR train to/from Chambers St. was a the good part of the idea, running it all the way to 168 St. Jamaica was the dumb part.When you talk about service patterns, when do you mean: Pre-Chrystie St., post Chrystie St., or something else? The KK was a little test of whether it was worth using the other part of the Chrystie St. connection (otherwise used in emergencies when the Bridge is unavailable and reversing trains near Essex St.) When the 57/6 station opened as a dead end, the B train could run there instead of W. 4 St. during non-rush hours; what to do during rush hours? Run the Broadway-Brooklyn Local (formerly #14) to 57/6th. Well that meant that all the people who changed in the morning for the F at Delancey/Essex St. from the QJ had to stand between the two platforms seeing which came first, an F or a KK. And in the evening, people would get on the F if it came first and still change at Delancey for the Williamsburg Bridge Expresses. All the KK did was add uncertainty to people's lives. There was a long time ago idea to create the "MM-6th Avenue", which would run local from Metropolitan Avenue on the Myrtle Line to the 6th Avenue Subway to ...168/57/145 (who knows?). One last footnote: the original "M" train (pre-1967) ran express from Coney Island to Chambers St. along the Brighton Line and Nassau Loop "via Tunnel. It was not listed on maps, but there it was, every 3rd Brighton Express in early the morning and mid-rush hour. |
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