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i i CM csotm odedobeS) VanCortandt Park 242nd St. Van CorttanOt Park 238th SLl 231st St I Marble HHl THE BRONX 215th St 207th St During rush hours, riders at five stations in northern Manhattan and two In the Bronx have skip-stop service meaning some get No. 1 trains and others get No. 9 trains. The TA may eliminate skip-stop service and have trains make all local stops.

An trains then would bear the No. 1 designation. The stations that would get increased rush-hour service are: 145th, 157th, Dyckman and 207th and 215th Sts. In Manhattan, and 225th and 238th Sts. in the Bronx.

but it's not living up to its promise," he said. The stations that would see more trains if skip-stop service is eliminated are: 145th, 157th, Dyckman, 207th and 215th Sts. in Manhattan, and 225th and 238th Sts. in the Bronx. Advocates say skip-stop service sometimes causes confusion among less savvy riders, who have difficulty figuring out what train to take.

Advocates also said that time savings have been minimal at best, and if there's a snag, like a sick passenger, on a train, passengers at skip-stop stations sometimes endure substantial waits. The TA dropped a route designation earlier this year when the Q-Dia-mdnd was nixed as part of the Manhattan Bridge subway overhaul. In By PETE D0N0HUE DAtty NEWS SWfF WRITER It could be the end of the line for the No. 9. More than a decade ago, the 9 joined the No.

1 on the local West Side IRT tracks, with the trains stopping at alternating stations in upper Manhattan and the Bronx. But more people now use the seven stations affected by the skip-stop system prompting calls for more service, transit officials said yesterday. The TA is studying the elimination of the No. 9 and the skip-stop system. The same number of trains would run, but they would stop at all stations.

The red No. 9 signs would be scrapped. "We are looking to provide the best service for the majority of our custom Dyckjnan St 191st St 181st St 168th St-Washtngton Hts. 157th St 145th St 137th St Ctty College MANHATTAN the mid-1980s, double-letter designa-. tions like the which indicated local service, were zapped.

The No. 8 line, an elevated line, was eliminated in 1972, officials said. ers," TA spokeswoman Deirdre Parker said. "One possibility is ending skip stops. If that decision is made, there would be no more nines It would all be ones." A decision will be made over the summer.

Andrew Albert, chairman of the New York City Transit Riders Council, said it was time to slam the brakes on skip-stop service. "It may have been a good idea at the beginning CouinciQ uairy off ccraipileir- fl. Imm Steve Stanzak lin on TJYU: Knew squat The family of a New Yorii University student who claims he bunked down in a school library basement for seven months said yesterday they were sure he had a dorm or apartment. .,1 Steve Stanzak, a sopho-more and aspiring writer, said he lived out of the school's Bobst Library because he could not afford housing. "We just kind' of thought he was still in a dorm," said his uncle, Jeff Weigand of upstate Waterloo-Family members kept in contact with him by cell phone.

The 20-year-olds mother, Roxanne Goff, said he is independent and resourceful. "Knowing Steve, it didn't surprise me," said Goff, a nurse from Daytona Beach, Fla. She said she thought her son had lived with a friend, then moved in with a woman whose apartment he cleaned. Stanzak insisted his story was not a stunt to gain fame. He said his folks "really can't afford paying for college." "I had to do this, so why not make something good out of it?" said Stanzak.

School officials, who said they took his account at "face value," have gotten him a dorm room. Lisa Fleisher and Celeste Katz Saying subway riders shouldn't be used as "guinea pigs," City Council members raised concerns yesterday about a plan to have computers run trains. The Transit Authority expects to begin ferrying line passengers next year on trains that will be operated by a radio signal and computer system. The system will control speeds, set the distance between trains, and "I don't want the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to test its experimental technology on New Yorkers," Liu said. Council members and union officials fear that the TA could wind up taking conductors off trains, which would leave just one crew member onboard during an emergency.

TA spokesman Paul Fleuranges said the train control technology is "used around the world" and is not experimental. Pete Donohue The TA plans to eventually expand the technology systemwide. Transit officials say the system will allow trains to run closer together and increase service. "I don't want them using my constituents as guinea pigs," City Councilman Lewis Fldler (D-Brooklyn) said. Councilman John Liu (D-Queens), chairman of the Council's Transportation Committee, said he would hold hearings on the issue this summer.

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