An excerpt from Bobby Curza’s NY 1 piece about the F Train petition. Go to Kensington blog for information about the petition and the rally.
They’ve have been lying there unused for decades, almost mocking
subway riders who board the F train on the local tracks just a few feet
away and can then watch the dormant express tracks from their crowded
rush-hour train.
itThey run from church avenue all the way to Bergen Street, at some
point dipping down below the local tracks. So, one man is asking, why
not run an F express train, with the V, which now terminates on the
Lower East Side, extended into Brooklyn as a local."You’re talking about saving people out in Brooklyn, further out, about 20 minutes on their commute,” said Reilly.
A few weeks ago, Gary Reilly launched an online petition requesting
the service, a petition that’s already attracted more than 2,600
signatures. On Wednesday, he presented the petition to the MTA Board,
and officials there say they’re considering .
It’s about time F express service be restored. Even though I live in NJ, I remember the tracks being unused. The G line was extended to Church Ave. While the F train was running express. Also, Bergen St. station has a lower level station to provide passengers to board trains. They (MTA) should also reconsider opening that lower level and use it again.
Good stuff on Kensington, but the best analysis I’ve seen so far, as well as the best coverage, has been at the Second Ave. Subway blog. He and Gary have been on this project since the start. Credit is due there.
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