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Posted by Michael549 on Mon Feb 23 14:47:24 2015, in response to Re: The 70s: N Queens Blvd Express?, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Feb 23 13:23:43 2015. Yes, you have it correct, especially if one looks at it from the prospective of the usual riders of the N-train, and the usual riders of the old EE. The TA was trying to give each group what it usually had.The old EE riders were expecting a local train in the mornings on Queens Blvd to take them to the local stations along the Broadway line, and then in the pm rush hours, again a local service to take them home along Queens Blvd. Thus am rush hour N-trains leaving Queens Blvd was local downtown in Manhattan on Broadway, and in addition some N-trains went to Whitehall Street. The usual N-train riders from Brooklyn were expecting an express train along Fourth Avenue and along Broadway in the am rush hours. Which is what they got in those days, the uptown N-trains were running express along the Fourth Avenue line in Brooklyn, and EXPRESS along Broadway in the am rush hours. The usual N-train riders in the pm rush hours were expecting an express train along Fourth Avenue and along Broadway for their trips home to Brooklyn. What they got was the usual pm rush hours N-trains running express. The N-train running to Queens Blvd lasted for about 10 years or so. From the usual prospective of an "express service" on a four track line - one expects the "express" service to use both express tracks in both directions. One could simply think of it as an local/express set of service on a three-track line. In addition there were a few of the QB usual Broadway-express / Brighton local trains rush hours only trains. While the train maps of those days strongly suggested that these QB trains operated in one direction only, the actual practice was a bit different than what the maps described. It's these kinds of actual practices that add to the mysteries of the subways to unfold. In any case, all of this becomes moot, during the Manhattan Bridge repairs and both N-trains and R-trains in addition to switching terminals become fully local in Manhattan for almost 18-20 years or so. Thus the pattern of Astoria and Queens Blvd local trains traveling local in Manhattan has remained in place for several decades - regardless of the train letters used for the practice. Mike |
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