Wallyhorse

And I forgot the (W), which would now run Whitehall to 71st-Continental at all times while the stays on the express track at all times to 57th and then merges with the while late nights runs as it does now.

is feasible, however, there is a reason the shuttle was extended to Whitehall in the overnights. Also, you would have to switch from the local track to the express track between DeKalb and Atlantic-Barclays, so that may make this a no-go. There also is a reason the is the Brighton Express. is needed on weekends. can stay where it is as the Brighton Local. as I would do it would be moved to Nassau Street and become the with Canal Street on the rebuilt into the terminal station it actually used to be, but this time for trains FROM Chambers Street rather than the Willy B (something that could not be done prior to the 2004 construction that was done to make the current northbound track such as that used to be a terminal track southbound as there used to be a crossover at the south end of that station) with the northbound side reopened at Canal Street and The Bowery and the current northbound track being the primary terminal track for this (nights and weekends extended to Metropolitan Avenue where it absorbs the late night and weekend shuttles with such based out of East New York with in-service yard runs to/from Broadway Junction on the . as noted by others is needed to run at all times at least to Times Square at all times and most other times to New Lots. and run as they do now.

If you're going to in this do the to 96th Street full-time, I would make it full-time 24/7 as that would be a service increase for I believe the most densely populated area of the country. Giving those riders a one-seat 6th Avenue option I think would prove very popular.

Like I said, hopefully, those that pushed him to do it get what they deserve,

Why not during this period extend the to 71st-Continental during hours the normally runs express that week? That would solve a lot of issues.

Hopefully those who pressured him into doing it get what they deserve.

Obviously I didn't know Montague was out AND the way I wrote that, obviously Montague would have had to be available. This would have been in the overnight hours when fewer trains were operating to begin with (so the could in theory in this run to Canal or Essex and turn there). I didn't know the Willy B was out (and it would only have come into play if the were extended).

For the most part, that is all true, but for example my idea of rebuilding the Myrtle Avenue EL (to Navy Street and then having it go underground to connect to the Montague Street line, possibly as a new train to Astoria) would be to do it where much of the rebuild would be two levels of single track (mainly to account for wider trains that would be used in this incarnation as opposed to the IRT-sized cars used in the original version) and could be done with two levels of platforms on single tracks as well if need be (with a few areas where the tracks are on the same level to allow for crossovers). That might be a way to at least reduce the width of the footprint, allowing trees and so forth to stay in place.

Interesting: I wonder if they would if such only involved Manhattan north of Whitehall they would consider borrowing ENY cars and have the shuttles run from 95th-Chambers on the or simply extend the to 95th during those times in place of the .

And that issue was because FOUR classes of cars that came after the R32s (R38, R40/M, R42 and R44) all were retired, in some cases earlier than they could have been if they had been built like the R32s. The R32s were pressed into being in service far longer than they otherwise would have been IMO.

I suspect moving Lorimer Street north and closing Hewes Street is the way to do it. Have the transfer to/from the at the north end of Lorimer on the ,

My bad, I was thinking Ocean Parkway, the stop AFTER Brighton Beach going south.

Couldn't they have had the continue to Sheepshead Bay and terminate there?

And I didn't think of it until after I posted it: If possible, if such a lower level at 72nd were built, perhaps it could be done where it goes a bit further north (running say from 72nd-75th Street) to where exits from that level could be done at 75th and 2nd. This would be notable given Robert F. Wagner Junior High School is on 75th between 2nd and 3rd (front entrance on 76th) and Eleanor Roosevelt High School is on 76th east of 1st Avenue.

Obviously someone who didn't realize that post was from almost 11 years ago at this point. And some of those stops would be impossible (most notably 66th Street). As I have said before, I would build a lower level at 72nd Street if possible that could eventually serve as express tracks but more immediately would serve to be a spur that would at first terminate at 79th Street/1st-York Avenue with the full intention to eventually have it become a Queens leg of the SAS. Not having a 79th Street station to me was the one mistake with the SAS given that part of the Upper East Side is about as dense as any area in the entire country (which I know from having grown up there), and having at least some SAS trains terminating (until such were to be built out to Queens) at 79th with entrances at York and 1st Avenues fixes that, especially with people who in particular live on York and East End Avenues (not a small number) who have to currently go to 83rd and 2nd to get the . This could once the is running be done where the ran to 79th/1st-York while more trains could run to 125th (with a transfer between the two at 72nd if a lower level were built for this purpose. Also would in an emergency allow the to go there if for some reason there was a problem north of 72nd on the regular SAS.

So you would have the essentially replace the and make it a very long route. You'd also have to widen the Steinway tunnels considerably for this to work.

And many hours later, no news of it when I searched for that.

Then they need to figure out a way to stop laying up those trains on the express tracks and find other places for them in case a situation like what happened here came out that would have prevented a shutdown.

Veterans day is the day before this GO (Nov. 12-14) takes place. The probably knows people already plan to take Veterans Day off because that is a school holiday and some are likely not to be available 11/11-13 because they plan to be on mini-vacations to take advantage of a rare Fri-Sun three-day weekend.

Would not surprise me. Friday 11/11 is Veterans Day (mainly a school holiday) and I'm sure some staff who have kids had already asked for that day and the weekend off to do mini-vacations to take advantage of that.

What I would likely do here: becomes a full-out local no matter what Astoria/Sea Beach riders want (as it is in the overnights anyway, maybe you do a supplemental route in rush hours (maybe a train?) that is express all the way from 59th/4th and runs with the to 96th/2nd), becomes a full-time route (except overnights) between Whitehall and 71-Continental, replacing the in Queens (during rush hours, some trains. would end and begin on the tunnel level of Canal Street). as noted before becomes brown and becomes 95th-Bay Ridge to Canal Street on the at all times (with the save for a few rush hour runs that end and begin at Broad Street ending/beginning at Chambers with the abandoned northbound tracks at Canal and Bowery re-opened for this purpose) with this based out of ENY with scheduled in-service yard runs that end and begin at Broadway Junction on the . Late nights and weekends, this is extended to Metropolitan Avenue and absorbs the late night and weekend shuttles as part of its extended route. That to me would be the compromise that ends the problems with the current in Brooklyn.

And not surprising. To me, the people who always wanted it to be Queensway IMO have had a few of people "not their kind" coming into the area and ruining it for them and potentially having ripple effects for their property values, especially of those "not their kind' moved in.

Same thing. it turns the downtown track into the uptown track. The only difference it leaves and connects to the downtown/uptown express track at Bowling Green respectively.

I said that. The loop through the abandoned City Hall station turns the downtown local track into the uptown local track.

If you're going to relay them north of 161, just run the there so you have extra service to 161 and the transfer to the (Yanks are on the road this weekend). Unfortunately as I'm reminded a lot, people don't pay attention. If they simply ran extra trains to BG, some would refuse to get off because they just assume the train is continuing to Brooklyn. I would in this situation have any extra trains if you did it that way go to Brooklyn Bridge and turn there with the . It would go in there and anyone refusing to get off would simply ride through and wind up on the uptown track.