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Re: Can F local trains from Manhattan terminate at CHurch Av when express service begins in fall 2017? |
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Posted by Michael549 on Thu May 26 15:28:27 2016, in response to Re: Can F local trains from Manhattan terminate at CHurch Av when express service begins in fall 2017?, posted by Lou from Brooklyn on Thu May 26 07:54:19 2016. Lou from Brooklyn says:Very good point that people ignore. --------- Thank you. The Church Avenue station of the IND Culver Line opened on October 7, 1933, with four tracks and two island platforms, and a four track yard south of the station which is used for storing and turning trains. In anticipation of a connection to BMT Culver line, a ramp of 4 connecting tracks was built. On October 30, 1954 the tracks on this ramp were connected to the three track elevated line and the Ditmas Avenue station and opened for service. This ramp connection allowed full-length D-trains to travel between the Bronx and Coney Island. Basically the Church Avenue station was the terminal for full length A-trains, E-trains, D-trains and F-trains - through out the early life of the station, from 1933 to 1954. Some train fans would allow us to think that some how the train dispatchers and managers at the Church Avenue terminal can not manage the daily traffic of full-length trains to use the 4 full-length layup tracks between trains entering and leaving the terminal / layup area for 21 straight years of train service 24/7/365. I do not understand that. Mike |
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