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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jan 30 14:31:04 2012, in response to Re: Expanding Eastern Division Platforms to 600 Feet, posted by Edwards! on Mon Jan 30 13:30:21 2012. Yes. Or my idea in the post I just said. You do only have to have one trackway (I originally said 2, but you don't need it for the Manhattan trackway, only the Queens). I said making the trackway diverge between at about Park (near the projects), where there is room for a parallel trackway over the sidewalk of Broadway, as the project buildings aren't close to the el like the old buildings are. I don't know if there's enough room though to incline between Park and Stockton St to get back in line above the current local track.Your idea would also work, but it couldn't go all the way to Lewis Ave itself, while it can diverge at Lewis/Broadway, it would have to cut the curve from Stockton onto Myrtle by to Lewis in order to align with the old Myrtle trackway. I think that could work though, and probably would be cheaper than the double decker track all the way from Park to Myrtle, and then it would have to double deck over the current curve ROW onto Myrtle, as there's no way it could align from being above the local Broadway track to going onto Myrtle there. Your idea is much better as the infastructure for the upper level is there already, and it's all set up for a diverging upper line at Bushwick Ave. Your idea would only involve new el structure along Lewis Ave to Stockton St, then demolishing the corner buildings at Lewis and Myrtle, and then meeting the old Myrtle structure between Lewis and Broadway, and then tracking that trackway back down to Myrtle. It would only need to use one of the old Myrtle trackways, as you don't need it for the Manhattan track, and and of course this would banish M trains from never using the center track. |
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