The IRT (S)

[Novabus 5000]

Do we really need the IRT shuttle train? It serves no purpose. The covers it during late nights and sometimes on weekends (??). I think the should cut this route.

 

What do you feel on this?

[Amtrak7]

The (0) takes a large amount of people off the , which is already very crowded.

 

Weekend service can have reduced hours, but peak and midday service is definitely needed.

[Nova RTS 9147]

Do we really need the IRT shuttle train? It serves no purpose. The covers it during late nights and sometimes on weekends (??). I think the should cut this route.

 

What do you feel on this?

 

Aww, you obviously haven't stepped foot on either the or .

[Matt91]

It usually runs on better headways than the , doesn't make a stop at 5th Ave, and people don't have to go up and down all those flights of stairs. And I agree with Nova, try riding the and during different times of the day, especially during rush hour, maybe then you'll change your mind BTW the already does not run from 12am to 5:40am

[7LineFan]

Do we really need the IRT shuttle train? It serves no purpose. The covers it during late nights and sometimes on weekends (??). I think the should cut this route.

 

What do you feel on this?

 

Every single time I've taken it, it's been packed.

[YankeesPwnMets]

No, the is very crowded when i take it on the weekends. Also there is less wait time for the and its non - stop. The isnt non stop and it gets very crowded

[Kingsbridge Bus]

Every single time I've taken it, it's been packed.

 

I rode it yesterday for the first time in 3 years & the train was so damn packed that as soon as people saw a train on track 2, they ran over there

[FamousNYLover]

42nd St is needed.

With M104 Ending at Time Sq in late June, , , M42 will be more crowded.

[Kingsbridge Bus]

42nd St is needed.

With M104 Ending at Time Sq in late June, , , M42 will be more crowded.

 

The M42 is barely crowded. I rode it yesterday & there were like 3 people on the bus

[T to Dyre Avenue]

The 42nd Street is needed. Maybe not during late night hours and that's why the cut late service a few years ago, but it's certainly needed during the day. trains are very crowded during the day and to cut the during day time and evening hours would be a huge mistake.

[Zman]

Do we really need the IRT shuttle train? It serves no purpose. The covers it during late nights and sometimes on weekends (??). I think the should cut this route.

 

What do you feel on this?

 

Bad idea, kid. Ride the at 5 pm and you'll see what I mean.

[LRG]

The 42nd Street (S)huttle is fine as is.

[B35 via Church]

*notices OP's age*

I'll be easy.

 

 

Yes, it is needed. There are millions of people each year that use the 42nd st ... over the ...

 

And it definitely serves a purpose.

It takes those same millions of people... from the [west side to the east side] OR [from the east side to the west side].... faster than (and off) the ...

[Rutgers Tube]

When the doesn't run an overnight G.O. and my MNR train arrives at GCT at the scheduled time of 5:47 am, I can't tell you how many of my fellow commuters race to catch the first run to TSQ. I've been told that when we platform earlier, the gates to are sometimes still locked and a mob has already gathered. SRO at that time is what I hear. I rarely ride it, but the user who mentioned the stairs to catch the hit the nail on the head. The is 20 feet below street level at both terminals, while the is 80 feet below. Also, to get to the Flushing Line platform, one must deal with the Lexington Avenue Line crowds to get to the stairs downward. The is off in its own little world. And have you ever had to deal with a crowd dragging ass up an OS escalator on a hot, humid day? MUR-DER. And to top it all off, the makes an intermittent stop at Bryant Park, which can tack on another minute or more, depending on congestion at the TSQ pocket terminal. It's the only service that runs directly between the two busiest stations in the entire system and until East Side Access is up and running, I don't see the crowds on the getting any thinner.

 

The is very much essential to the Midtown commute and should not be done away with at all.

[m7zanr160s]

Bad idea, kid. Ride the at 5 pm and you'll see what I mean.

 

I agree with that.

[Guest lance25]

While it may seem good to remove the 42 St on paper, it would be a stupid move for the aforementioned reasons, as well as the fact that it's a backup for the when there's track work on that line. Remember that until about a month ago, there was no service on weekends for weeks.

[Grand Concourse]

What is needed is to rennovate the TS end of the shuttle to hold 5-car trains so they won't need to run single units.

[Matt91]

What is needed is to rennovate the TS end of the shuttle to hold 5-car trains so they won't need to run single units.

 

Track 1&3 need that at the very least, track 4 not so much because not as many people board there and the train's dwell time is less because of that. Now if only there was a way to stop people from constantly dashing in before the train leaves, because that is the worst thing about riding the :mad:

[Grand Concourse]

Yes, when tracks 1 and 3 can hold 5-car trains, that will be the same amount of cars right now, just on two trains. And track 4 only runs during the rush hours.

 

I think it would be best to just turn track 4 into a layup track for work trains.