Reconfiguring the Airport MAX junction

BACKGROUND:

Coming soon

PROBLEMS:

Possible delays because two switches need to be moved (airport extension/eastbound track, eastbound track/crossover to middle track) between a train from the airport and an eastbound one

 

SOLUTION:

Connect the airport track directly to the middle one, with a diamond crossing of the eastbound track and separate switches between those two tracks. It would also possibly cut down delays in normal service (no waiting for the two aforementioned switches to move) and allow airport trains to operate as shuttles without interfering with eastbound Blue Line ones

 

Base map from nycsubway.org

Done