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Posted by randyo on Tue Jan 5 16:16:11 2016, in response to Re: Service Patterns, posted by SLRT on Tue Jan 5 14:01:37 2016. Prior to Chrystie, there were 5 West End lcls that put in from CIYd and went into service at 25 Ave N/B. After running in service to Chambers St, they relayed and went south to 95 St where they became the bankers’ specials. After running north as 4 Av expresses through the bypass and via the Manny B, they went south as West End lcls short turning at 9 Av. They then went north back to Chambers St where they relayed south and entered regular midday West End lcl service. Since S/B West End lcl service in the AM rush was provided by returning Bankers’ specials, 5 N/B AM West End lcls terminated at Chambers St with 3 of them running light to DO (ENY) Yd and 2 returning light back to CIYd. Brighton bankers’ specials operated from BBC to Chambers via the tunnel and after discharging passengers ran light back to CIYd. In the PM the process was reversed accept that there were only 3 bankers’ specials of each service instead of 5 like in the AM and those were the 3 midday layups from DO Yd. Also, while the 4 Av specials were express in the AM, in the PM, they ran lcl to 95 even though they ran via the bridge. The PM Brighton bankers’ specials as I recall them ran light from CIYd to Dekalb where they ran in service over the bridge and ran south via the tunnel but all the way through to CI instead of terminating at BBC. Regardless of whether the trains operated via the bridge or the tunnel, the trains carried “Chambers St" as the north destination. It’s interesting to note that after the assignment of the R types to both the West End and Brighton Lines, theca’s did not have route signs for 4 Av or Brighton/Nassau services, the TA assigned the letter “M” to both Nassau services even though that reading was intended for the Myrtle/Chambers service which eventually did receive that designation. Since in the AM neither service N/B would be at the same station enroute to the Nassau Line there would be no confusion and even if that were to happen due to a reroute, both trains served the same stations on the Nassau Line anyhow. In the PM since the 4 Av specials ran lcl, they couldn’t use the M since it read “Express” so the PM 4 Av specials carried “S/Special” signs. Also since they were on 2 different lines in Bkln, and stopping at the same stations along Nassau St although in opposite direction, there might have been a possibility of passenger confusion if both trains used the same letter. |
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