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Re: Kiss the ''diamond'' on the 5 train goodbye also |
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Posted by David of Broadway on Mon May 30 15:13:38 2005, in response to Re: Kiss the ''diamond'' on the 5 train goodbye also, posted by AlM on Mon May 30 15:05:05 2005. NYCT removed all the diamonds except on the 6 and 7 from the map a while back (last year?). That's because the diamonds on the map had essentially no connection to the diamonds on the trains. (A B inside a diamond, for instance, simply meant that B trains ran there during rush hours, not that there were special B trains signed with diamonds. That was especially confusing when it came to the 5, where there are trains signed with diamonds, but even the circle-signed 5 trains have special rush hour service.)Since the 6 and 7 have critical distinctions, the diamonds were kept. All the rest were scrapped. Even though the distinction on the 5, while less critical than on the 6 or 7, was still an appropriate distinction to make. Archer E trains are usually signed for Jamaica Center. Nobody knows the train is going to 179th until the C/R makes an announcement somewhere in Queens. As for weekends vs. weekdays, not many people seem to have figured out what the N does. If they need the local, they listen to the announcements or ask random passengers (I was asked twice yesterday). If they don't need the local, it doesn't matter. A group of passengers on the N yesterday couldn't remember if the N ran express and the W local or the W express and the N local. When the southbound train stopped at 49th Street, they "figured out" it was the latter. |
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