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Posted by Michael549 on Fri Jun 26 11:55:21 2015, in response to Re: M to West 4th on Weekends/Late Nights, posted by Dyre Dan on Fri Jun 26 10:42:59 2015. I confess that I do not KNOW the answers to your questions.The work was done in the mid-1960's, and there may have been issues of engineering standards, support beam issues, support street issues, and / or factors that we now are not aware of. It could also be that the existence of the switch NORTH the West 4th Street station on the downtown side did not make the switch you're suggesting an IMPERATIVE, something nice but not absolutely NEEDED. Think about the IND subways as built/expanded. On the Eighth Avenue line there are places where it would be "logical" or "rational" to have track switches between the local and express tracks. For example - 14th Street-8th Avenue or a better set at 34th Street-8th Avenue. For example, just think about the non-ability to switch local and express trains from track to track except only at Canal Street or 59th Street! Flexibility both exists and does not exist for the IND subways as built. That's not to say that improvements have not been done in my lifetime - say at 72nd Street, or north of 125th Street. Bottom line - the suggested track switch, this is a guess on my part - might not have been seen as ESSENTIAL, in light of the nearby switch at West 4th Street. That switch on the downtown side NORTH of West 4th Street was probably in REGULAR usage in light of the trains that ended at Broadway-Lafayette Street prior to the building of the Chrystie Street expansion. Mike |
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