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Posted by Michael549 on Thu Jun 25 14:48:15 2015, in response to Re: M to West 4th on Weekends/Late Nights, posted by Dyre Dan on Thu Jun 25 11:39:39 2015. The area between the Broadway-Lafayette station and the Second Avenue until the building of the Chrystie Street set of tracks consisted of 5 tracks.Many IND local-express stations had there switch arrangements in the following pattern. A train would have to arrive at the platform BEFORE it could be switched to another track. This pattern is seen at Queens Plaza, Roosevelt Avenue, 71-Continental Avenues, Canal Street, Utica Avenue, Broadway-East New York IND subway stations. This pattern was also present at the Broadway-Lafayette Street station where over the decades certain routes ended their run at Broadway-Lafayette. The plan to build the Chyrstie Street connection was to use the central 3 tracka as a) Manhattan-bound K/M track from Essex Street connecting directly to the Manhattan-bound F-track from Second Avenue, and b) the former center track as the Manhattan-bound B/D track from Grand Avenue and the Manhattan Bridge, and c) the Brooklyn-bound B/D to Grand Avenue and the Manhattan Bridge. These 3 tracks have to lower and curve down and duck under the F-track bound FOR Second Avenue. Basically that F-track has to take a hike to allow the other tracks to pass under it. Just before the Second Avenue station, there is a switch and track that allows the Brooklyn-bound K/M trains head to the Essex Street station. In order to build these Chrystie Street connections that lead to the Manhattan Bridge and the Williamburg Bridge, the switch between the local and express tracks east of the Broadway-Lafayette Street (the downtown side) had to be removed. Thus the track switch NORTH of the West 4th Street station is a VERY IMPORTANT location for "downtown" bound B, D, F and M trains. They cannot "restore the switch" because upon leaving the Broadway-Lafayette station the F-train is rising to allow the B & D trains (and the Manhattan-bound K/M trains) to pass under it. The tracks are ON different levels! Mike |
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