Coney Island Av

Gonna head down there on Saturday to photograph the new station. 

The only Nassau station that can be renovated other than Chambers is Bowery. Bowery would be cheaper to renovate than Chambers. 

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In real ESI news, the wall at 53rd Street is down for sign installation and platform edge work, and, well, I'll let the photos speak for themselves...

 

 

What about at Bay Ridge Av or Prospect Av? 

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Upgrading the 32s only has to do with restoration of the equipment. You specifically only said "a few upgrades on the interior". While I can see the need for such a connection to Fulton for the , I'm afraid is isn't happening until after the  shutdown. The 32s don't really make sense to stay on the  since the MTA plans to only keep 110-160 of them, and also four-car consists of 179s are expected to go on the , while the gets five-car sets. IMO the shouldn't be full length because some of the cars wouldn't really be filled to capacity. We also don't have enough cars for such an extension to the Rockaways. And even if we do have enough, that would be after the 32s are retired, so why extend it in the first place?

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What I'm thinking is that the 4 car R179's should be CBTC retrofitted and placed on the and lines. I'm not sure if the should get any R179's. As for the R179 5 car sets, ALL OF THEM should run on the line, putting some R46's on the just to lengthen the trains along it's route. As for the remaining R32's (which in my opinion should be about 140 left, don't know for sure) they should run as 10 car trains on the and the should run up to at least Ozone Park or Rockaway park for A/C purposes. As for the R32's on the and lines, they should remain the same with a few upgrades on the interior's. R211's in this case, should ALL BE 5 car sets and only 5 car sets to allow flexible service and full length trains on the and lines. Though trains will most likely still be using R68's during this time.

Wouldn't sending your proposed  to Lefferts or Rockaway Park cause a bottleneck at Grant Av? It has to switch to the local at Hoyt, but suddenly share the same track as the   at Grant. Also, sending it to Rockaway Park would make it wayyy to long. And why would the R32s need to have a few upgrades if the Canarsie shutdown is only for 15 months? The 32s would be retired shortly afterward.

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