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In response to "We also need more train lines to transit deserts and areas that are under-served by public transit today. We need lines that go between Brooklyn " by Krusty

I'm amazed we managed to get four new stations in the last decade and I think those were the last new stations we are seeing for a very long time.

Posted by ty97 Apr 19 '22, 06:46

We can barely get the money to keep the trains running, I don't envision new lines (though we need them!)

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They're working right now on extending the 2nd Ave. line into Harlem so there will be more on the W line. They're also in the planning stages - Krusty Apr 19, 06:51 13
- I thought the Bay Ridge to Bronx line was going to be like LIRR not necessarily subway, though would be great if it was -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 06:56 1
  - I haven't heard about that part but I assumed it would be like the subway. -- nm - Krusty Apr 19, 06:58
- Sorry, Jackson Heights and not Astoria. -- nm - Krusty Apr 19, 06:54
- I didn't think there was any funding for additional phases of Second Ave? - ty97 Apr 19, 06:54 4
  - As far as I know the feds are chipping in a big chunk of change and phase 2 is underway. It will extend the line to 125th St. -- nm - Krusty Apr 19, 06:56 3
    - oh, that's great if true. I think it was going to connect to 4/5/6/MNRR at 125? That would provide further relief to the 4/5/6 hopefully. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 06:59 2
      - Yup. It'll connect with 4/5/6 at 125th and Metro North. -- nm - Krusty Apr 19, 07:01 1
        
        That's a very smart connection -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 07:08
- I forgot to mention the ongoing debate about how to improve access to LGA which could and should mean extending a train line to the airport. -- nm - Krusty Apr 19, 06:53 4
  - *THAT* would be wonderful. I don't hold my breath. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 06:54 3
    - Well it's back to the drawing board right now and they've been holding hearings about the many options. A dedicated bus lane or two seems very - Krusty Apr 19, 07:00 2
      - I am very glad that they put a stop to that terrible wrong way Airtrain idea. Doing *nothing* was smarter than doing *that*. -- nm - ty97 Apr 19, 07:01 1
        
        Agreed. Sadly, it's not completely off the table and there are some people that are proponents of it still pushing for it to win. But there seem to be - Krusty Apr 19, 07:03

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I'm amazed we managed to get four new stations in the last decade and I think those were the last new stations we are seeing for a very long time.

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