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Re: N to 96/2 |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Jan 21 15:31:06 2017, in response to Re: N to 96/2, posted by Joe V on Sat Jan 21 13:34:09 2017. 9 was never used for the Lex/WPR service. 9 was the designation for the Dyre shuttle which rand from about 9PM till 100AM or so when Dyre ceased running overnight. At that time, the principal Wh Pl Rd service was the Lex (#5) except during midnight hours when the 7 Av Exp (#2) served 241 St At the time the Lex Thru expresses ran exp all the way from/to Gun Hill Rd. In 1965 when the north terminals of the 2 and 5 were swapped and the 2 became the 24/7 Wh Pl Rd service, thru expresses continued to run exp from/to Gun Hill until the passenger at the lcl station between E 180 and Guin Hill complained about the loss of their rush hour Lex service so the thru exp service operator was changed to have the 5s make lcl stops. The sides sign reading for the thru expresses was “Lexington Ave Thru Expand interestingly there was also a sign for “Bway Thru Exp” which was used by a short lived service that ran circa 1955 and used the Bway middle between 96 St and 137 St. It was unsuccessful because it had to merge with the regular service S/B S/O 103 St and N/B S/O 137 St and didn’t save any time at all. The service ran so briefly that the R types never got a chance to use the readings, only the Hi-Vs. |
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