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Re:Why New York City Stopped Building Subways by paublyrne on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @01:43AM (#16855805)
Going deeper is possible but does have drawbacks; access shafts must be deeper and it takes a longer time for people to move between platform and street level.

Quite a few of London's lines are deep, but they generally have escalators which I don't see a lot of in Manhattan.

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