M.T. the Transport Fanatic: Second Avenue Subway, the line that never happened.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Second Avenue Subway, the line that never happened.

The future plan of the Second Avenue subway calls for the

and

to serve Second Avenue from 125 Street to connect to

to 64th Street, which is where the

will branch off west to connect with the

at 63rd Street. The

will go south to Hanover Square. along Second Avenue.

The

will connect with

at 53rd Street, the

at 42nd Street, the

at 14th Street,

at Grand Street, and Broadway Nassau with the

But even with all this, the SAS (Second Avenue Subway) has been a dream for over 80 years. That's right, 80 plus years, and it has never been completed yet. If the

and

SAS line was here now the

wouldn't be so packed.

Financial problems caused the delays in the construction of the

line. The

2nd Avenue line was initially supposed to open in 2012, but it was pushed back to 2015, three years late!

Now the question is this, will the

line at 2nd Avenue and the

extension from 57th Street to 125 Street ever happen? With today's financial issues in NYC, it looks like it's going to take a few more steps to get this project up and running.

I hope the Second Avenue subway for the

, a dream which is 80 years and counting will finally become reality, a reality where the

and

can finally take a significant load off the overworked

and

. The

's route will be more enjoyable, finally going north of 57th Street.

The Lexington Avenue-63rd Street, will finally be used fully, (the hidden tracks would finally be served by

trains)

and

can connect at that two-level station.

I have no idea what the

train will look like, and what cars it will use. When the

line is complete, we'll soon find out.

Anyways, that's all I can say about the future of the

SAS, which I hope will be completed someday, at least by 2020.