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The G Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Local is a 〔 rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored since it uses the IND Crosstown Line.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=mta.info - Line Colors )〕 The G operates at all times between Court Square in Long Island City, Queens and Church Avenue in Kensington, Brooklyn via the IND Crosstown and Culver lines. In Queens, it only serves two stations – Court Square and 21st Street, both in Long Island City – but previously served all stations to and from 71st Avenue in Forest Hills on the IND Queens Boulevard Line. It is the only non-shuttle service in the system that does not serve Manhattan and suffers from frequent disruptions and poor service, leading to criticism from politicians and residents of the neighborhoods to which it travels. ==History== The original Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Local service began on August 19, 1933 as a shuttle between Queens Plaza on the IND Queens Boulevard Line and Nassau Avenue using the designation GG. Starting on April 24, 1937 GG trains were extended to Forest Hills – 71st Avenue during rush hours, serving as the Queens Boulevard local while trains ran express west of 71st Avenue. The entire IND Crosstown Line was completed on July 1, 1937, including the connection to the IND Culver Line. GG service ran at all times between Forest Hills – 71st Avenue and Church Avenue.〔 Soon after, it was cut back to Smith–Ninth Streets. The 1939 World's Fair was served by GG trains, some of which were marked as S Special, via the short lived IND World's Fair Line to Horace Harding Boulevard. Trains were extended to the World's Fair Station at all times during the fair, supplemented by PM hour trains. The fair closed on October 28, 1940, and GG service was truncated back to Forest Hills – 71st Avenue. On July 1, 1968,〔 service was again extended to Church Avenue during rush hours and the train operated as an express on the IND Culver Line.〔〔 This service pattern ended on August 30, 1976 due to budget constraints, as well as complaints from many customers at local stations on the IND Culver Line wanting direct access to Manhattan. Afterwards the GG was cut back to Smith–Ninth Streets. Beginning on May 6, 1985, use of double letters to indicate local service was discontinued, so the GG was relabeled G.〔(What's a K train? )〕 On May 24, 1987, the and services switched terminals in Queens. As part of the reroute plan, Queens Plaza became the northern terminal for the G train on evenings, weekends and late nights.〔(Announcing Service Changes on the N and R routes )〕 Beginning on September 30, 1990, G service was extended to 179th Street during late nights to replace the , which terminated at 21st Street – Queensbridge. Beginning on March 23, 1997, due to construction on the connector between the IND 63rd Street Line and the IND Queens Boulevard Line, G trains terminated at Court Square on evenings, nights and weekends. Beginning on August 31, 1997, late night service was cut back from 179th Street to Court Square. On December 16, 2001, the 63rd Street Connector opened and Court Square became the northern terminal for the G train during midday and rush hours. Service along the IND Queens Boulevard Line was replaced by the new train.〔〔 G service was extended to Forest Hills – 71st Avenue other times. The G was to be cut back to Court Square at all times to make room for the new train when the connection opened, but due to rider opposition, it was cut back only weekdays until 8:30 pm, and extended to Forest Hills – 71st Avenue all other times (the reverse of the previous pattern).〔 On July 5, 2009, the G was once again extended south at all times to Church Avenue. This was required for overhaul of the Culver Viaduct, which took the express tracks at Smith-9th Streets and Fourth Avenue used to relay terminating G trains out of service.〔〔〔 On July 19, 2012, the MTA announced that this extension would be permanent.〔 Due to the MTA financial crisis, the G was to be cut back from Forest Hills – 71st Avenue to Court Square at all times beginning June 27, 2010. However, due to planned track repairs during the times the G normally ran on the IND Queens Boulevard Line, it ceased running north of Court Square on April 19.〔 In addition, train headways were reduced, which inconvenienced about 201,000 weekly commuters. Flood waters from Hurricane Sandy caused significant damage to the Greenpoint Tubes under the Newtown Creek. To allow for repairs, G service was suspended north of Nassau Avenue for twelve weekends between July and December 2013 and around-the-clock between July 25 and September 2, 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 website=mta.info )〕 On June 9, 2014, a budget surplus in the MTA caused a few service improvements for the G to be implemented, such as an increase in the number of trains per hour (from six trains per hour to 7.5 trains per hour during evening rush hour), uniform stopping locations for trains (previously, trains stopped at different places along the platform at different times of the day),〔 as well as public service announcement systems on platforms along the IND Crosstown Line. Train lengths did not change, despite an influx of ridership. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「G (New York City Subway service)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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