Talk:South Ferry (New York City Subway)
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[edit] Impact of new station
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- It is unknown if both the 1 and 5 trains will be allowed into the new station being built.
A look at the environmental impact statement on the MTA website makes clear that the new station will have a track connection to the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line only, not the IRT Lexington Avenue Line. However, the original balloon loop station will remain in place for turning 5 trains, train storage, and other purposes. Marc Shepherd 03:11, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I e-mailed the MTA regarding this opinion. They said they have referred my suggestion to their Department of Subways for review and evaluation. When the new terminal is built, the two loop stations will be just like City Hall: closed to the public. The future terminal should be open to both lines, but Lexington Avenue trains should use the new terminal for G.O.'s, service disruptions, or for other necessary reasons. --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 05:04, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
- I don't understand two things here.
- Open to both lines? Where is this said? From what I've seen, the new station will connect only to Broadway-Seventh Avenue.
- What suggestion is being referred to here? The suggestion to connect both Broadway-Seventh Avenue and Lexington Avenue to the new South Ferry terminal? Let's be frank here: The MTA knows what it's doing by now, whether their choice is the best option or not. From the very beginning, it considered the option to connect both lines to the new terminal, and long ago it decided to only connect Broadway-Seventh Avenue. No email you send at this point will have any impact on what goes on at South Ferry. Larry V (talk | contribs) 09:39, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
First, I know that the new terminal is open to B-way-7 Av trains only. But after September 11th, All stations south of Chambers were blocked by the tunnel collapse at Cortlandt Street. The MTA didn't have enough sense to send 5, or even 6 trains to South Ferry instead of closing the whole southern portion blocked by Chambers, including South Ferry. God forbid it happens again? Whitehall Street is not as popular as the IRT station is. There should be some sort of track connections from Bowling Green to the new terminal just in case B-way-7 Av trains can't make it to South Ferry, and 5/6 trains could. That was only a suggestion, but who knows? It's...possible. --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 14:04, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
- I'm certainly not saying that it wouldn't be a good idea, all I'm saying is that the MTA has definitely considered it and has already decided not to do it, for whatever reason. Looking at schematics and diagrams, it looks like it would be difficult to make the connection from an engineering standpoint. There are a lot of tunnels in that area, and I wouldn't be surprised if the MTA had decided that it wasn't worth the effort. Larry V (talk | contribs) 21:20, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Impact of the curved station on service
I removed these 2 sentences as they are more of the writers opinion than something for encyclopedic information. I don't disagree that the noise is excessive. The curvature of the station does not slow operations down any more than a stub end terminal would.
"The sharp curvature slows train operation and generates excessive noise. This causes delays for the entire line."
--Allan 14:27, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
- Perhaps the noise isn't very important, but I disagree regarding the station curvature. The extreme station geometry does limit performance on the Broadway–Seventh Avenue local as compared to a well-designed stub terminal; this is one of the main reasons for the construction of the new terminal station. A well-designed stub terminal could easily handle 5 or even 10 more trains per hour than the current South Ferry terminal. —Larry V (talk | contribs) 07:40, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
These two sentences were added because these are problems the station is experiencing. The new terminal is being proposed to fix this problem. --Imdanumber1 ( Talk | contribs) 04:56, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Can someone post a picture of the actual outside entrance to the South Ferry and not the subway station?
