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Re: April 18, 1965 |
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Posted by Michael549 on Mon Apr 18 07:59:59 2011, in response to Re: April 18, 1965, posted by Elkeeper on Sun Apr 17 22:16:32 2011. From a previous message: "It appears there was no express service on the Lex in Manhattan during overnight hours. I had always thought that the Lex-Jerome ran express in Manhattan 24/7."The Lexington Avenue-Jerome Avenue route ran at all times - however the question was always what terminal in Brooklyn would be served when one of the westside express trains ended for the night? This has been the history of the Lexington Avenue express route, to service the terminal that would be left without service. The route that would be called the #4 Line would serve either Flatbush Avenue or New Lots Avenue terminals for the midnight hours depending upon which westside route "cut out for the night". Read the guide again, there are two listings for the Lexington-Jerome line, and they have different terminals and times. Even the early 1970's maps had the #4 line serving both Utica Avenue and Flatbush Avenue terminals at certain times of the day or week, but when the #3 stopped running for the night, the #4 ran to Flatbush Avenue. In the 1980's after the Brooklyn terminal switch of the #2 and #3 lines, the #4 serviced the New Lots Avenue segment when the #3 stopped running. Notice that for the most part - westside express service to Brooklyn has always (extremely often) went always to the outer terminals of Flatbush Avenue or New Lots Avenue. While Lexington express service to Brooklyn used Atlantic Avenue or Utica Avenue as terminals, in addition to the outer terminals. The main reason - its the trackage that influences the service patterns - some things are easier to do due to the trackage. Mike |
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