 The Lonely G train
On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:37:44 GMT, "Ed\(NY\)" <ebny@>
wrote:
>> That for sure. The IRT used to have, what, 90-second headways for
>> 45 TPH on the West Side? And now it's down to 30-35 TPH?
>
>There hasn't been anything close to 45TPH in probably 80 years or so.
In 1978 I was doing a by-invitation communications evaluation on the
IRT (I was a member of the AAR Signal and Communications Division in
those days) and we were down on the trackbed just north of Times
Square Tower at about 4pm - the start of rush hour. The TA comm
engineer who was my escort said that trains there were on 90-second
headways, and I could believe it. We took great pains to stay very
clear of them.
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"Stand Clear of the Closing Doors, Please"
Phil Kane - Beaverton, OR
PNW Milepost 755 - Tillamook District
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