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|    Peter T. Daniels to John Levine    |
|    Re: more off-peak subway service    |
|    11 May 15 04:24:14    |
      From: grammatim@verizon.net              On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 12:55:44 AM UTC-4, John Levine wrote:       [no, he didn't]              > >> On which lines is rush hour service not at the maximum possible? And, this       > >> is "the city that never sleeps." The only one in the world with 24/7       service       > >> everywhere.       > >I'd have to check the latest map, but some tiny segments (e.g. Lenox Hill)       may not get 24       > >hour service. Also, all owl trains used to run every 20 minutes, not sure       if that is       > >still true.       >       > Every station other than Aqueduct is served at all times, but not by       > every train.              Even the little spur into the 148th St. yard? For a while, that had a bus or       something down to 135th. And the Tauranac map shows Broad St. on the J/Z not       served overnight (terminates at Chambers).              > For example, late nights the A runs local in Manhattan       > and makes the stops that the C makes in the day. During the day alternate       > A trains go to Leffert's Blvd and the Rockaways, but after midnight they all       > go to the Rockaways and there's a shuttle between Euclid Ave and Lefferts       Blvd.       >       > In general, every station is served every 20 minutes or better,       > although I see a few places like the Rockaway shuttle with 26 minutes       > between some trains.       >       > There's also a lot of weekend closings for construction. This weekend for       > example there's no L service in Manhattan.       >       > >The LIRR runs all night.       >       > Well, sort of. From Penn Station to Jamaica, there's nothing between       > 3:18 and 4:54 AM and that ripples out to the rest of the system.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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