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I live in NYC and am well aware of the so-called 24/7 service. The fact is that it's 24/7 only in midtown Manhattan. If you are on the 1/2/3 or ACE or 4/5/6 lin
by guardiangod 4y ago
I live in NYC and am well aware of the so-called 24/7 service. The fact is that it's 24/7 only in midtown Manhattan. If you are on the 1/2/3 or ACE or 4/5/6 lines it's likely you'd get 'For the next 3 weekends services from some outer borough station to 178th street will be suspended from 10PM to 8 AM. Please use the connection bus from blah to blah."
Even the Q line, that is less than 10 years old, went though the same hassle in Feb, and that's squarely in midtown.
The 24/7 claim is exaggerated. Just ask the 7 line folks at the Hudson Yard's end what they think of the claim.
Also, during the weekend I find taking the bus to usually be faster than taking the subway. Literally buses creeping across New York is faster trains.
- Animats 4y agoThat has a lot to do with which parts of the system are 4-track.
- guardiangod 4y agoAs a user I don't care if a line is 2 track, 3 tracks, or quad tracks. What I care is reliability and convinence (and price too but my company is paying for it so blah). If you live in the Bronx, there's a good chance you won't be going home at 1AM by trains, even if the crazies don't get to you first.
- Animats 4y agoThe point is that if you have a four-track system, you can shut down two tracks for maintenance and still maintain service.