transitfan111

I think it's too much of an inconvenience for people to make the transfer, especially in this summer heat. I'm a regular Nostrand Avenue rider and I've never noticed the junction being that much of a bottleneck. At most it is a 2 minute wait. Arriving to the Flatbush terminal is way worse. Even if they de-line rogers, they wouldn't run enough trains to make it worthwhile, the Lexington line is already crowded enough with trains approaching every 2-3 minutes. Bottom line is, people are selfish. If you remove a train line from them, they are bound to complain. It would never go through.

There will be so much backlash if you remove the 5 from Nostrand Avenue considering that more people use the 5 than the 2. Do you really think riders on the line would care about "operational flexibility"? And plus the 2 and the 3 would basically be the same train if that happens. What's the point in that? The plan helps no one except for the rich folks that live in Manhattan. I think they should rebuild the junction or keep it the way it is.

I'd rather build some tail tracks similar to the 96th street Q station. That station is much more efficient than the Flatbush one but still only has two tracks.

I'm all in for that! The thing about the Flatbush terminal is that you'll have the next departing train wait 5 minutes before departing while there are a bunch of other trains waiting to arrive... they can do a better job than that.

I will sue if that happens. Whats the point of having two of the same trains? I don't think the junction is that bad really. The bigger issue is the Flatbush terminal. Trains move too slow going in and the dispatchers aren't moving trains out of the station quickly enough.