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Subway Stories: An "A" for Effort, A B and a G for Now

AUGUST 6, 2009

Moving the city's subway system forward, one delay at a time.

New York City's public transportation system has a rep for being the best in the nation. Despite the recent fare hike, our trains are safe, relatively clean, and there are plenty of them. Recent bulletins involving the B line may, at first, sound less than stellar: The express line running between Brighton Beach and Prospect Park is leaving the tracks for 2 years beginning on September 28. But there's light at the end of the tunnel: Old stations are getting a face-lift, including platform updates, electrical fixes and paint jobs.

The sunniest recent subway news involves the formerly near-invisible G line, which has added more trains, putting it in a league with the rest of the city's underground lines rather than the phantom train that had Greenpoint residents at the end of their ropes.

And what of that elusive Second Avenue subway? Well, it can't be all good news, especially when it involves the MTA. The underground route that will—eventually—provide more access for Manhattan east siders has been delayed once again. Recent briefings put the completion date for the line somewhere around 2017.

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