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Re: Bellmouths and tunnel expansions |
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Posted by Michael549 on Sun May 4 18:36:47 2014, in response to Re: Bellmouths and tunnel expansions, posted by Dyre Dan on Sun May 4 07:46:29 2014. North of the 57th Street-Seventh Avenue station platforms prior to the 1970's had a set of express tracks that extended north of the station's platforms. I have been told that these tracks extend 500-feet the 57th Street station. These tracks could not hold a full length train, but also had a set of cross-over switches.A pair of local tracks that were also intended to follow these express tracks were probably not built, put in their place at some point were closed storage places. The entire set of tracks (both local and express) turned ever so gently in the path of Central Park West. These express tracks can be seen while riding any of the N, Q, R trains that travel to or from the Lexington Avenue station at 60th Street, upon entering or exiting the 57th Street, these express rise to a higher level. In any case, these express tracks were in the 1970's or 1980's connected to the 63rd Street tunnel, that is slated for usage by the Q-train to 96th Street. Mike |
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