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Posted by Terrapin Station on Fri Apr 3 09:57:12 2009, in response to Real 11-car Train April Fools Joke, posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri Apr 3 09:54:27 2009. The TA perpetrated an April Fools Joke. The joke was that 11 car trains are a viable solution to overcrowding on the F train. It is true that they used to run 11-car trains on both the E and F during the 1950's. However, the TA precluded continuing such operation by converting the extra 60 feet of platform space into broom closets and other operational necessities. Also, the contractual obligation to use two conductors makes such operation very expensive. With some fanfare, the TA staged this great back to the far future experiment to show that they are working on F-train overcrowding. Of course, it will take a lot of time and tons of money to implement. Um, no. They were very upfront about it not being possible right now. "We obviously neither have the capital nor operating funding to implement anything like this in the foreseeable future," NYC Transit President Howard Roberts said. Take Pride,
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