MTA Sets Course for F Train
The MTA recently released a 25-page report outlining current and future projects to improve the F train line, which runs through Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. According to the Daily News, the MTA is going to add new cars, build barriers to protect workers and prevent delays on parallel tracks, and discontinue the policy of skipping…
The MTA recently released a 25-page report outlining current and future projects to improve the F train line, which runs through Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. According to the Daily News, the MTA is going to add new cars, build barriers to protect workers and prevent delays on parallel tracks, and discontinue the policy of skipping certain stops during rush hours—a practice that, research showed, made congestion worse. Officials could not guarantee the return of express service to the F line, however, and even if express service does come back, it won’t be until 2013. State Senator Daniel Squadron of Brooklyn, who requested the MTA report, told The New York Times that the MTA is being “honest about putting facts behind what we already knew: that the F line is not working. Senator Squadron praised the MTA’s efforts, saying “We should start seeing improvements this month, and more significant improvements as we begin next year.
F Line Finally on Track for Fixes [NY Daily News]
On the F Train, the M.T.A. Confirms What Riders Know [NY Times]
Photo by Joe Holmes
“anyone who didn’t ride trains daily in 70’s, 80’s and dealt with breakdowns, broken doors, ‘This train is out of service’, etc regularly has no right to complain about F train service today.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo
that is such a dumb comment pete. no offense but just because the service sucked harder in the past doesn’t mean that it shouldn’t be fixed now. it is still a complete mess. esp during off peak hours.
All service was screwed up this past weekend.
anyone who didn’t ride trains daily in 70’s, 80’s and dealt with breakdowns, broken doors, ‘This train is out of service’, etc regularly has no right to complain about F train service today.
2013!! what are they going to do, have an EIR and a $million study for the express train? Can the MTA ever get its act together?
it’s nice to know that they are at least acknowledging the epic crapfest that is the F train. that said, the F/G was a complete shitshow this past weekend.
I grew up around the Kings Highway stop of the F train. I went to high school in Manhattan when the F express service was still around (1971-1975). Man it was a great service. Even though I lived almost at the end of the F line, my trip from the Upper East Side of Manhattan to my house took less than an hour.
Bring back the F express!!
The F train is pretty rotten. It has greatly improved my opinion of the R.
This will raise real estate prices in Bed Stuy because the A train is sooooo much better.