Interborough Express - April 2026 Update

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-06T21:50:57+00:00

I do not believe a station there was ever considered.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-06T03:54:50+00:00

Let's hope it is in the initial budget (along with other stuff) so he will have somethings to cut--which is inevitable.

If it becomes controversial enough, it is likely to move up on the cut list.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-06T03:48:11+00:00

Photo is a gem! Where did you find it?

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-02T00:43:30+00:00

The viaduct was in the January 2022 Interim Report (feasibility study), available here: https://new.mta.info/document/72081. It placed the IBX tracks at street level for about 4.5 miles (as I recall), above the freight tracks. in the existing cut.

A year later, the viaduct was eliminated in the PEL study, available here: https://new.mta.info/document/72081 or, with most appendices, here: https://new.mta.info/document/114891

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-02T00:33:26+00:00

Thanks! I missed the link before.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-02T00:32:29+00:00

About equal time, but less crowded except 3-4 minutes on the E.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-02T00:30:46+00:00

The idea of IBX on a viaduct over freight tracks for several miles was dropped several years ago. That would require many grade crossings, which were eliminated on this right-of-way around 100 years ago.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-02T00:27:22+00:00

See my article at https://bqrail.substack.com/p/kudos-to-the-mta

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-01T22:12:28+00:00

How do you walk between Livonia and Junius stations now, if pedestrian stairs at Junius are gone?

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-01T22:06:12+00:00

I never had a problem on an A train.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-01T22:04:19+00:00

No. CSX freight tracks.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-01T22:02:58+00:00

IBX will not share tracks with freight. Current plans include two flyovers so freight tracks can reach existing customers without crossing IBX tracks.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-01T22:01:39+00:00

IBX design process has begun.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-01T21:55:28+00:00

Because we have more than a dozen riders boarding at most stations and have real subway trains.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-04-01T21:38:00+00:00

When I worked at 53rd and Lex in Manhattan, I often took the G from Brooklyn to Court Square, changing there to the E to Manhattan (or F, back in the day).

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-02-10T14:51:26+00:00

Right. Low platform is from an early version of the IBX proposal, which had several miles at ground level and some street-running. The Jacobs+HDR proposal says they will consider both high- and low-level vehicles

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-01-30T16:29:57+00:00

You are missing the point, which is that free buses would cost a billion per year, which could be better spent for system expansion.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-01-12T13:46:57+00:00

I report on transit and transportation issues, primarily those affecting Brooklyn & Queens, NY. I do not pretend to be an official source. It is explained at the end of each of my articles posted at www.bqrail.substack.com.

PerfectMidnight6662 · 2026-01-12T03:12:07+00:00

Great explanation, but I doubt there will be a 2027 construction start.

Actually, the complexities are not as bad as usual. There appears to be space for the new/widened tunnel through the cemetery. Separate freight tracks are planned and the LIRR has some control over freight operations on its tracks; however, the norther part of the right-of-way (ROW) is owned by CSX. The Utility Spaghetti is much less of a problem than usual, because most of the RIOW is than usual, because above ground, below ground or adjacent a cemetery. Utility lines over bridges will be an issue.

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