Say goodbye to New York's V and W subway lines - part of big cuts to NYC's transit system

via MassTransitMag:



Last Stop for the V&W - MTA Doomsday on Track

Tom Namako and Oliver Renick
The New York Post


NEW YORK - Doomsday is here.

The first of the MTA's massive cuts begins as the V and W subway lines make their final runs before heading to the great train shed in the sky.

And the next few days won't get any better.

On Sunday, millions of riders will see the first weekend service changes and the elimination of dozens of bus lines.

And by Monday, the full plan will be in effect: a new orange M line will turn uptown in Manhattan and head into Queens, the N will run local along Broadway, the Q will replace the W in Astoria, and the G will be hacked at Court Square.

Not to mention even more severe bus changes across the city. .........more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.masstransitmag.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=3&id=11818

Cut in Queens, expand in lower Manhattan. Gotta love NYC...

..... area of the city when it comes to subways.

Remember when living downtown meant you were poor?

I never really understood the V & W since the N and R ran a lot of the same routes.

If you were trying to get from Astoria to Midtown, you wouldn't have to wait as long. Now there will be fewer trains during the day, and they'll be evenly spaced out all the way from Astoria to Coney Island (IIRC only the A is longer; if they'd extend it a few hundred yards into the Bronx it would go to 4 boroughs, and Rockaway is I think due south of Bridgeport, CT).

i don't remember the V and W. i used the E and F to get me to forest hills.