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Re: ZMan, that is great news, replacing the M train with the V train. |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Jan 8 17:20:03 2010, in response to Re: ZMan, that is great news, replacing the M train with the V train., posted by Eric B on Fri Jan 8 15:28:11 2010. The route would still have been more properly called a "AA" since the original IND lettering scheme applied to the combination of the north branch line with the Manhattan trunk line. Thus A/AA indicated a train operating from Washington Hts via 8 Av, B/BB would be Was Hts/6 Av, C/CC would be Concourse/8 Av etc all regardless of the trains south branch line. With the abolition of the double letter system, the MTA has thrown that out the window by assigning the formerly Concourse C to a Wash Hts route and the formerly Wash Hts B to a Concourse route. If the MTA planners had any sense which they definitely do not, they could have assigned the letter H to the Wash Hts/Fulton service since the H designation (originally HH) indicated a Fulton St local which originally never left Bkln but which could have been used for the existing C service without upsetting any traditions. The B could have been given the K designation since That letter has been used for a couple of different services and does not really have a long standing tradition like the other letters do. |
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