Mock Funeral Held For G Train

[45localbus]

City Council members and transit advocates staged a mock funeral Tuesday in response to the MTA's proposed service cuts.

The MTA wants to eliminate the line from the Court Square station to 71st Avenue in Forest Hills during evenings, nights and weekends.

The agency estimates about 25,000 riders from Queens and Brooklyn will be affected.

Queens Councilman Eric Gioia says the loss for working families would be too great.

"When you shut these trains down, when you cut back services, it means people's commutes are longer, it means they're spending that much more time away from their families, away from their jobs. It's simply unfair to the hundreds of thousands of working New Yorkers who rely on these trains to get to where they need to get," said Gioia.

Officials say it would take funding from Albany to save the G train.

source: www.ny1.com/Content/news_beats/transit/94128/mock-funeral-held-for-g-train/Default.aspx?ap=1&Flash

[spbed]

Thanks for posting. I think when I lived in NYC it was known as the GG train

[45localbus]

Feb 22, 2009 10:20:06 GMT -5 spbed said:

Thanks for posting. I think when I lived in NYC it was known as the GG train

yeah but it became G in 1986 when the MTA eliminate double letters and became single letters.

[spbed]

Shows how long I have been out of NYC. Still goes from Smith & 9th sts to Forest Hills?

Feb 26, 2009 20:52:14 GMT -5 @45localbus said:

Feb 22, 2009 10:20:06 GMT -5 spbed said:

Thanks for posting. I think when I lived in NYC it was known as the GG train

yeah but it became G in 1986 when the MTA eliminate double letters and became single letters.

[donis]

Feb 28, 2009 9:23:42 GMT -5 spbed said:

Shows how long I have been out of NYC. Still goes from Smith & 9th sts to Forest Hills?

Feb 26, 2009 20:52:14 GMT -5 @45localbus said:

yeah but it became G in 1986 when the MTA eliminate double letters and became single letters.

well it goes to Forest Hills on weekends and late nights only.

[spbed]

So where does it terminate during the day?

May 10, 2009 23:03:37 GMT -5 donis said:

Feb 28, 2009 9:23:42 GMT -5 spbed said:

Shows how long I have been out of NYC. Still goes from Smith & 9th sts to Forest Hills?

well it goes to Forest Hills on weekends and late nights only.

[donis]

May 13, 2009 9:10:49 GMT -5 spbed said:

So where does it terminate during the day?

Court Square.

look here: www.mta.info/nyct/service/gline.htm