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Re: IND Pitkin Avenue Extension - map |
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Posted by randyo on Thu Jun 21 15:43:46 2012, in response to Re: IND Pitkin Avenue Extension - map, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Thu Jun 21 00:01:28 2012. The original LIRR station, referred to by IND personnel as "Old Aqueduct." was built to be convenient to the original entrance to the track. when the track was rebuilt in the late 1950s, the entrance was moved to its present location. Since the original station was no longer sufficiently close, the NYRA paid to have a new platform built adjacent to the new racetrack entrance. The NYRA, however only volunteered to pay for one platform on the N/B (manhattan bound) side and the city did not want to pay for a S/B platform. As a result, when the track was open, a single track operation ran between Liberty Jct and Howard Bch so S/B trains could access the race track station. and it was built into the regular timetable so that supplement schedules were not necessary. After the last race, and just before the start of the PM rush, S/B trains ran normal bypassing the race track station since by then, most if not all of the passenger flow was N/B towards Manhattan. Race track specials that departed 42/8 lower level terminated at the Race Track station and laid up in the middle track S/O Howard Bch and were spotted for N/B service to clear the race track station after the last race. M - F these returning specials that were put in service at Aqueduct Race Track were actually E put ins N/O Euclid when the race track was closed but served to carry passengers exiting the race track when it was open. On Saturdays, when E service did not run to Brooklyn, these trains returned to 42/8 as specials. At some point in the 1980s, the race track special service was discontinued and passengers from midtown Manhattan were advised to use the JFK expresses which now made the stop at the race track station. From what I understand, at the present time, the NYCT no longer single tracks into the race track station requiring race track passengers to go to old Aqueduct and transfer to Manhattan bound trains that make the trace track stop. When the race track was opened, the wages and salaries of all RTO personnel and supervision assigned to the race track station, special trains and the associated Station Dept personnel both at Aqueduct and 42/8 were reimbursed by the NYRA. |
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