"On It's Last Wheels, No. 9 Train Is Vanishing On Signs"

[EE Broadway Local]

News article of interest from The New York Times from Wednesday May 25, 2005 about the upcoming discontinuation of service; Article mentions other former subway lines briefly:

 

Story and Photo by Sewell Chan: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/nyregion/25train.html

[MattTrain]

Thanks for the link, the train and the (1)/(9) skip stop started to become useless with the adding of more trains to the lines.

[metsfan]

I still see references to the allllll over the place.

 

- A

[EE Broadway Local]

Thanks for the link, the train and the (1)/(9) skip stop started to become useless with the adding of more trains to the lines.

You're welcome, Metatops.

[Fresh Pond]

what really made me laugh about this article was when they said this...

 

..."We're covering over the 9's temporarily before we do permanent signage," said John Montemarano, the head of station signage at New York City Transit.

 

its been over 5 years and most of the signs still look like its a "temperary" thing

[Robert Bosco]

what really made me laugh about this article was when they said this...

 

 

 

its been over 5 years and most of the signs still look like its a "temperary" thing

 

lol