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Re: LIRR East Side Access / Roosevelt Island F Station |
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Posted by straphanger9 on Thu Jan 17 17:35:40 2008, in response to Re: LIRR East Side Access / Roosevelt Island F Station, posted by WillD on Thu Jan 17 15:39:27 2008. I'd be curious to see if they could send the Q to 179 during rush hours via express - the whole way, even past Continental (ie stopping at 63rd/Lex, RI, 21st/QBridge, Roosevelt, Continental, Union Tpk, Parsons Blvd, and 179). Two trains can turn at 179, and this would just be a temporary helpful measure until Phase I of SAS is complete. A final decision would then made regarding whether or not another RI stop is feasible.Another option for down the (rail)road, if this service becomes popular, could be running the W to Astoria (it would run weekends now, obviously), the N over the route described above, the R stays to Continental, and the Q goes up SAS. This would entirely eliminate the need for the N to switch over at 57th St. to the local track to access the 60th St. tunnel (because without the Q terminating at 57, the N AND Q can run through to their destinations). The only problems with all of the above though include 3 routes using the express tracks in Queens, and problems with weekend/late night cutbacks. The Q needs to serve Brighton. The N needs to serve Sea Beach, but would be redundant in Queens during offpeak times and now has nowhere to relay with the Q a through train at 57. The W needs to serve Astoria, and the R is necessary in Bay Ridge and as the Queens Boulevard local especially with the V not running weekends. But running all four services isn't very cost effective. Additionally, the express tracks east of Continental can't be used to store trains if the N is through them. So there's clearly problems with it, but what the hell, I'll throw it out there anyway... |
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