The MTA will start running F express service in Brooklyn, officials are set to announce Tuesday. Locals have long clamored for the service, which hasn’t run since it was nixed in 1987.
“This is huge. You’re talking about half a million people who use this train on a regular basis in an area that’s starved of transit,” said Councilman David Greenfield (D-Brooklyn), who has pushed to make the express F happen.
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.
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“This is huge. You’re talking about half a million people who use this train on a regular basis in an area that’s starved of transit,” said Councilman David Greenfield (D-Brooklyn), who has pushed to make the express F happen.
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.
Read more: Source
MTA Report