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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 R30A on Sun Jun 15 22:31:46 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 RonInBayside on Sun Jun 15 22:17:59 2008. They arent insignificant in such a way that the line should be abandoned, but they are insignificant when looking at where the peak loading point is on the 1 line-- It is obviously to the north. I suspect it is very far to the north(I would guess that the SB AM rush hour 1 line trains are most crowded between either 103 and 96, 79 and 72, 66 and 59, or 50 and 42.) These points are all far enough to the north that I doubt the WTC redevelopment would have any significant effect on the ridership for 2 reasons. The first of these reasons is that the majority of the WTC ridership would not be riding the west side IRT local. Most of these people will be coming from elsewhere, and even if they are from the neighborhoods the 1 serves, I suspect they would take the generally faster 7th ave Express, or 8th ave line. The second reason why I suspect that WTC will have a minimal effect on the ridership at the peak load point is that most of the people who will commute to the WTC site by means of the 1 line likely already use the 1 line to get to wherever they current work. |
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