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Posted by renee gil on Mon Aug 26 07:18:19 2013, in response to Re: Essex- Before the IND, posted by Joe V on Mon Aug 26 07:08:58 2013. North of 57th Street on the BMT Broadway Subway Line two trackwaysturns west from the local tracks, and curve slightly towards the west before ending. This was a plan for a line that would serve the Upper West Side. When the BRT/BMT was building the Broadway line as part of the Dual Contracts, the company also wanted to be awarded the Central Park West/8th Avenue route, which was on the planning boards at that time. The company figured that if they built ramps from the Broadway line that could naturally be extended to an 8th Avenue line, they would get a toehold on being awarded that line, rather than lose out to the IRT, the only other subway operator when the Dual Contracts were built. The BMT/BRT never built that line for various reasons including the bankruptcy of the company after Malbone Street and Hylan's plan to include the 8th Avenue/CPW route in the IND system. The ramps were built but never used for revenue service. If you look carefully, there are actual track on those trackways (covered by many years of dirt--they are like two parrallel bumps). I've walked over the dirt covered stretch. If it's not track someone did a good job of making it look that way. The old tunnel went about 500 ft or so, not sure. There are power and signal rooms back there. |
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