jlr3266 wrote:devbeep2 wrote:say goodbye to the 42nd street lower level.. the original "7 killer".
jtr1962, can you expand on the NJ extension? i have never, EVER heard of that being an option. the cost for a new tunnel under the hudson would be enormous.
That was pipe dream talk a while back. Nothing too serious ever came of it. Taking NYCT across state lines opens up a can of worms that would stink to high heaven.
And yet, people are still willing to put up websites supporting it:
http://subwaytosecaucus.com/
Anyway, the first time I remember reading about this NJ extension had to be in the mid-1980s, when some governing body came up with the utterly disasterous plan to contract the subway system under the guise of 'speeding up' service - exactly how it was sold in the papers - speed up service by closing stations - Well, OK, except these stations were to be closed because signficant segments of many routes (mostly elevated, in the outer boros) were to be closed; I believe the criteria was, if the line wasn't jammed packed during rush hour, close segments until you arrive at the station where the line becomes jam-packed). In addition a handful of pie-in-the-sky extensions, most notably the 7 to Jersey, were mentioned, but everyone realized that was just a joke.
This plan, which pretty quickly crashed and burned (leaving a bad taste in everyone's mouth), was fairly well publized at the time, but I haven't been able to turn up a on-line copy (well, I didn't look that hard).