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Originally Posted by aquablue
Paris and London (soon) have through trains in tunnels to speed up connections, almost like a second subway system for higher-speed/longer distance travel (RER and Crossrail). NY needs to think about this. I would suggest, instead of future subway expansions, a Crossrail-style connection tunnel linking the various suburban rail systems, with as top right under Times Square or 5th Avenue, be considered as a more valuable direction. I think it would solve many issues with congestion.
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But of course the NYC subway has both local and express service so it has a lot of that already built into it. Paris metro has short distances between stops and no express so needed the RER more (so not surprising it got it first) and London underground has longer stop spacing so they needed it less, so no surprise it is only now it's getting Crossrail.