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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:13, 18 July 2019 (UTC)

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JFK Express[edit]

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  • ... that the JFK Express subway service in New York City never actually went to JFK Airport? Source: NY Times 1993 "For years, transit officials have lamented the absence of a direct train link between Manhattan and Kennedy. Fifteen years ago, the Transit Authority decided to try to take advantage of the A train's proximity to the airport and began an express service to Kennedy that was promoted as the "train to the plane." Many riders thought the reality fell short of the sales pitch. For $7.50 they were simply riding the A line, though in a slightly nicer train with police protection and few stops, to the Howard Beach station in Queens and then lugging their baggage onto a connecting bus to the airport."
    • ALT1:... that the JFK Express subway service in New York City was so unpopular among airport riders that just before it was discontinued, nearly half of its 3,200 daily riders were commuters? Source: NNY Times 1989 "They also said that 47 percent of the riders are commuters from Howard Beach, Queens, or the Rockaways who pay a discount of $3.50 a trip." (the service ended in April 1990)

Improved to Good Article status by Kew Gardens 613 (talk). Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 17:27, 8 June 2019 (UTC).

  • ALT0 sounds clear to me actually. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 10:02, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
  • An alternate way of wording ALT1: ... that New York City's cancelled JFK Express train was popular among commuters despite being intended for use by airport passengers? SounderBruce 03:08, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
Personally I think we should just stick to ALT0: it sounds catchier and less technical than ALT1 or ALT1a. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 00:03, 11 June 2019 (UTC)


General: Article is new enough and long enough

Policy compliance:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Beyond the citation issue, ALT0 should be good to go. I agree with NLH that the ALT1 is less interesting and should not be chosen. SounderBruce 05:41, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

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