>>2012473The 7 embodies everything wrong with the NYC Subday today. It has the ultimate relic of the past, i.e. the local and express services. Between Vernon/Jackson and Flushing Main Street is around 7.5 miles there are 18 (!) stations on that stretch.
The MTA should close the following stations on the 7 alone:
>33rd Street>46th Street>69th Street>82nd and 90th Streets, replacing them with a station at Elbertson Street>either ditch 111th Street or replace both 103rd and 111th with a station between 104th and 108th Streets with exits on both end so Corona Plaza can still be served and 111th's compromise will be weakened.A lot of express services save around 3-4 minutes compared to local services that run just a few minutes apart. Local trains can easily save 4 minutes by having to decelerate, stop at a station and re-accelerate five times less, effectively making express services redundant. Also having multiple service patterns creates the risk of trains bunching up because of delays, which wouldn't be a big issue if the 7 didn't run every 2-3 hours through midtown Manhattan.
New Yorkers on this board will say it's rubbish because an R62A looked funny at 33rd Street in 2009 or so.
