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   Stephen Sprunk to hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk   
   Re: Second Avenue Subway--Dec 2016?   
   02 Nov 15 00:33:36   
   
   From: stephen@sprunk.org   
      
   On 21-Oct-15 18:42, hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > On 21.10.15 21:39, Stephen Sprunk wrote:   
   >> On 20-Oct-15 22:10, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   >>> The Q currently does not serve downtown. It turns off at Canal   
   >>> St. to the Manhattan Bridge. Maybe the T will go 125-Whitehall,   
   >>> but meanwhile a Q to Brooklyn isn't particularly helpful.   
   >>   
   >> The southern terminus of the T will be Hanover Sq, not Whitehall   
   >> St.   
   >> ...   
   >> There doesn't seem to be a need for the T route (and its new color)   
   >> until Phase 3 is in service, but you never know.   
   >   
   > I heard something a while back that all trains operating on the T   
   > will be crewless. Is there any truth to that?   
      
   NYCMTA hasn't even reached one-person train operation, which other   
   cities have been doing for decades; the idea of them managing to get   
   unmanned trains past their unions anytime soon is laughable.   
      
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