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Thanks. It's all apart of my own ideas for improving service in the subway if it were up to me, such as creating a four-track Nassau Street Line for local and express service, the to Staten Island, and a super-express from Broadway Junction to Sutphin Boulevard, with only one stop at Woodhaven Boulevard.
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LOL!!! You are the man! And I got the request :cool:
This new is a waste of time and resources. It won't last long, trust me on that.
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I guess you're right...it's what Staten Islanders want. I don't mind a ferry ride but I wish there was a faster way to get to SI without having to shelve a premium fare which could backfire if the X1 gets caught up in traffic (reverse-peak congestion does happen). I also guess you're right about the FTSC project's prudence before anything else, since it will allow for transfers that never existed before (a connection between the the IRT East Side, Eighth Avenue and Nassau would be nice, and will save passengers the hassle of going to Chambers, taking the downtown express to Fulton Street and walking through complicated passages.
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I've heard about that plan as well, to introduce Light Rail service between Staten Island and Bayonne. That wouldn't be a bad idea, but to have to go into New Jersey to get to Manhattan kinda sucks. There needs to be a direct and quick connection. It sucks that the SAS project and the 63rd Street tunnel projects were delayed. The 63rd Street tunnel was only put on hold by one economic downturn though. We are in a crisis right now but it's gonna end soon, trust me. South Ferry was delayed for only a year, which is, to my standards, passable. If Staten Islanders pushed hard for it, the MTA would definitely secure funds to create a tunnel between SI and Manhattan. As for the and the operating on the SIR tracks, the line can be converted to subway standards, as the IND Rockaway Line, the IRT Dyre Avenue Line and many of the BMT Southern Division lines were once railroads and then converted to subway use. It can be done, but the people will have to push for it.