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Re: Keeping old South Ferry station open for the Lexington line after the 1 moves to its new station |
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Posted by trainsarefun on Sun Jun 15 08:49:58 2008, in response to Re: Keeping old South Ferry station open for the Lexington line after the 1 moves to its new station, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Sun Jun 15 08:20:02 2008. Actually, I recall a NYCT or MTA representative explicitly use the term 'dangerous' in describing the present loop terminal at a public meeting/hearing, in talking about the necessity for a new station. I recall this especially because I remember thinking what a stupid move it was for an official to say that publicly, considering MTA's perennial popularity as a defendant sued by personal injury attorneys.That said, I myself have never thought that replacement of the terminal should be a high priority. Granted, I don't use it much, but justifying the project right now, considering the potential for the capital expenditure to have been made elsewhere, seems to me a difficult task. But that debate has been mooted, since the new terminal is nearing completion. The problem for the future will be to cope with the capacity constraint that the new terminal imposes on the South Ferry Line: 24 tph. Whatever else one thinks about the terminal replacement, I have to see that as shortsightedness. |
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