G line to get upgrade as ridership continues to increase
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The G train is getting a facelift that MTA officials say will increase the number of trains running on the line and reduce time in between stops.
Newer cars that began rolling out in November will allow the MTA to implement a new signal system to better track trains' locations and speed. Currently, the G train uses an older system that is unable to detect a train's location. The new signals will give the MTA exact location data along the full length of the line, allowing them to run trains more frequently, the MTA said.
"For too long, G riders have gotten the short end of the train and it's past time improvements came to the original Brooklyn-Queens line," said Lisa Daglian, executive director of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA. "Having to do the G train run has become a way of life and the perception that it's not well-used can be debunked with a ride from any station, from Court Square to Church Avenue. We hope the MTA recognizes the growing needs along the G and is in fact making these improvements."
Prior to the pandemic, more than half of the G train stops saw increased ridership year over year, according to the MTA. Some stations, including Greenpoint Avenue and Nassau Avenue, grew weekday ridership by more than 5% between 2018 and 2019.
This is great news!
The G (and F) stops are 2 blocks from me and we use the G pretty often, as it connects Brooklyn to Queens in some pretty key neighborhood spots.
It's a super quiet lower key train but I have noticed it being much, much fuller with passengers over the past few months.
We take it up to Williamsburg and Greenpoint a lot, since I live in the Carroll Gardens area. It's a highly convenient train.
I can see why it's growing in ridership--connecting Long Island City to Greenpoint/Williamsburg and then down into Bed Stuy a bit and Ft Greene, downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, and into south Brooklyn.
The G train is getting a facelift that MTA officials say will increase the number of trains running on the line and reduce time in between stops.
Newer cars that began rolling out in November will allow the MTA to implement a new signal system to better track trains' locations and speed. Currently, the G train uses an older system that is unable to detect a train's location. The new signals will give the MTA exact location data along the full length of the line, allowing them to run trains more frequently, the MTA said.
"For too long, G riders have gotten the short end of the train and it's past time improvements came to the original Brooklyn-Queens line," said Lisa Daglian, executive director of the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA. "Having to do the G train run has become a way of life and the perception that it's not well-used can be debunked with a ride from any station, from Court Square to Church Avenue. We hope the MTA recognizes the growing needs along the G and is in fact making these improvements."
Prior to the pandemic, more than half of the G train stops saw increased ridership year over year, according to the MTA. Some stations, including Greenpoint Avenue and Nassau Avenue, grew weekday ridership by more than 5% between 2018 and 2019.
Thank god. Did they renovate the stations? Sh** They look like they hadn’t gotten a facelift in a long long time last time I was at Clinton and Washington
Thank god. Did they renovate the stations? Sh** They look like they hadn’t gotten a facelift in a long long time last time I was at Clinton and Washington
Not really. Greenpoint Ave got an elevator within the past year but most of the stations across the northern half of the line that I frequent are in poor condition.
The 21st St stop in LIC was recently highlighted in a "worst" subway station video (starts at 4:15).
From someone who grew up along the GG (previous name).....
Riding the old R-10s, which not only ran up to the mid-late. 80s, but the conductor had to go between the cars and push both latches on the sides to open and close the doors (nice safety issue)
And the now G did have r46 cars, in 2000, but were reduced from 8 to 4. MTA may tell you declining ridership. In all fairness, the factories of Pfizer, The chocolate factory and Cascade Laundry, plus others, did close. And the rats at Myrtle/Willoughby......!
Now, gentrification is causing the G to get some well-needed love.
So all them folk living in Tompkins, March and Sumner Houses deserve to put up with all that past bad G service, because of "ghettofication," right....?
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