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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Fri Jan 21 12:47:40 2011, in response to Re: Sea Beach, Culver, Brighton, posted by Howard Fein on Fri Jan 21 12:04:51 2011. Given that the BMT switched from numbers to letters on the Southern Division in 1960,Howard, actually they didn't switch. From November 1960 when the R-27 began service on the Brighton Line until November 1967 when the Chrystie Street Line opened all three systems of route identification were in effect on the Southern Division. The R-27/30/30A/32A and 32's used route letters. The D Types until July 1965 and the R-11's after that used route numbers and the Standards simply used route names. The "QB" Broadway-Brighton Local via Bridge was indeed in use by local trains running between Astoria and Coney Island, M-F from 8PM to 6AM and at all times on weekends. The daytime local service between the same two points was the "QT." Until April 1962 Saturday #1 Brighton Express trains ran between Astoria and Coney Island via bridge. They ran local in Manhattan but express in Brooklyn. The 1961 TA Map identifies these trains as "Brighton Express". I assume that R-27's ran in this service but I do not know if they carried "Q" or "QB" signs. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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