by Jeff Smith
NYCT has indicated they will resume express service on the Culver Line in Brooklyn beginning in the fall of 2017: NY Daily News
MTA to run express F train service in Brooklyn in 2017
According to a letter to the Council from New York City Transit president Veronique Hakim, officials plan to start running some F trains express in both directions during morning and evening rush hours in the fall of 2017.
The express service will run between Jay Street-MetroTech and Church Ave., shaving minutes off long commutes of southern Brooklyn residents.
But it will stop short of the end of the line at Coney Island, and total F service will not increase — the number of trains on the line will remain the same, with some existing trains remaining local and others going express.
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In the years-long debate over restoring the service, some said an F express should only happen if more service came with it.
But the MTA shot down that idea, saying it “has concluded that the existing level of F service during rush hours is sufficient,” plus there aren’t enough subway cars available to do it.
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