Talk:JFK Express

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Review: June 7, 2019. (Reviewed version).

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Did you know... that the JFK Express subway service in New York City never actually went to JFK Airport?

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GA Review[edit]

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Reviewer: Truflip99 (talk · contribs) 17:58, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lead[edit]

Its route bullet was colored turquoise and contained an aircraft symbol. (If you want, you can specify that this is an AIGA symbol.)

Done

Fares and rolling stock[edit]

The premium fare for the JFK Express was collected by train conductors on board I think the fare information in the history section should be moved here.

Done

wikilink Transit police

Done

A fourth car was later added, making them 300 feet (91 m) long, half the length of a typical B Division train.
- Might want to bundle/omit sources per WP:OVERKILL

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:17, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Service history[edit]

1st p[edit]

There is a previous instance of 57th Street, which should be the one wikilinked

Done

2nd p[edit]

Within a few years of its inauguration, the service was ~~being~~ criticized as ~~being~~ a poor use of resources.

Done

JFK Airport, Kennedy Airport, etc. I would use just one alt name and "the airport" so readers aren't confused.

Done

3rd p[edit]

The proposal was still being reviewed by January 1984; it never came to fruition. -- and move the ref after the period

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:15, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

4th p[edit]

omit comma after October 29, 1989

Done

... between these two stations during those times

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:24, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

At all(?) other times, some passengers paid the extra fare to use the JFK Express to reach Aqueduct Racetrack. -- Could you elaborate on this one a little further? Why only "some" passengers paid?

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:24, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

5th p[edit]

At the time, 3,200 people were using the train per day, down from a high of between 4,000 and 5,000 riders that used it at the beginning of the service's operation.

Done

6th p[edit]

~~However,~~ This extension was short-lived as the JFK Express was discontinued on April 15, 1990 due to low ridership, which recorded as few as 3,200 riders per day.

Done

- WP:OVERKILL
Ridership on the A to the airport increased after the discontinuation of the JFK Express: in 1995, about 1 million passengers used the A to the Airport. -- semi-colon instead of colon

Done

7th p[edit]

Since the discontinuation of the JFK Express, the A train has continued to serve the Howard Beach–JFK Airport station.

Done

move ref 27 at the end of the next comma

Done

A proposal, referred to as the Lower Manhattan–Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project...

Done

Final route[edit]

Source for the station list?

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:10, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

1. publisher NYT

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

3. de-wikilink NYT per above

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

4. I think this should be via fulton history and the publisher the observer

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

5. omit all other NYT wikilinks

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

12. de-all caps for this one, and all the other ones with all caps

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

14. missing url
- I took an image of the timetable, which is in my collection, and uploaded to flickr, and added the link.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC) Done[reply]
19. use bibliographic info found, don't forget page # as well here

The page number is provided: ^: 3.14; Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

21. via flickr. need correct publisher.

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

27. page not found, might need to find it in the web archives or find a new source. if you use web archive, don't forget to use deadurl=unfit parameter

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

28. via scribd. need correct publisher.

Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

29. via nycsubway.org. need correct publisher.

Changed; Done

Great article! Not really much to edit as it is written well. --Truflip99 (talk) 17:58, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Truflip99: Thanks for taking up this article. I believe that I have addressed all this issues. Thanks again.--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:25, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome work! Thank you for the prompt response, per usual! Congrats! --Truflip99 (talk) 19:36, 7 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]