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Reviewer: Truflip99 (talk · contribs) 17:58, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
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
editThe 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)
Service history
edit1st 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
beingcriticized asbeinga 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)
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)
- 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)
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
editHowever,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
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
editSince
the discontinuation of the JFK Express, the A trainhas 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)
Sources
edit- 1. publisher NYT
Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
- 3. de-wikilink NYT per above
Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
- 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)
- 5. omit all other NYT wikilinks
Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 21. via flickr. need correct publisher.
Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
- 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)
- 28. via scribd. need correct publisher.
Done--Kew Gardens 613 (talk) 19:08, 7 June 2019 (UTC)
- 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)
- @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)
- Awesome work! Thank you for the prompt response, per usual! Congrats! --Truflip99 (talk) 19:36, 7 June 2019 (UTC)