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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon Jan 14 11:01:46 2019 Tuscarora Train of the Week No. 2 – The Third Avenue Thru-Express in the Summer of 1938 Interborough Rapid Transit Company Manhattan Elevated Division Summer 1938 Rt. Third Avenue Thru-Express The Third Avenue Thru-Express was in operation from July 1917 to May 1955 a little short of thirty eight years. We will look at its operation in the summer of 1938. It ran between East 241st Street in the Bronx and City Hall in Manhattan. Trains ran over the subway division’s White Plains Road line between East 241st Street and East 219th Street. Service then continued over the Third Avenue El between Gun Hill Road and City Hall. The Thru-Express ran express in both the Bronx and Manhattan and used the upper level tracks between 149th Street and 125th Street. Southbound trains left East 241st Street Monday through Saturday from 6:49 AM to 8:20 AM. Northbound trains left City Hall Monday through Friday from 4:55 PM to 6:22 PM. There was no northbound thru-express service for the Saturday noon rush. Additional southbound trains left Gun Hill Road on weekdays at 7:15, 7:27 and 7:34 AM Northbound they left City Hall at 5:24, 5:31 and 5:45 PM Weekday train consisted of seven Composite type motor cars with an occasional train of Gate cars. The Saturday trains ran six Composites. Since the Composites were considered too heavy to operate on the local tracks they ran light in the opposite direction. The 241st Street Thru-Expresses carried White-White markers. The Gun Hill Road-City Hall trains carried Yellow-Green markers. Source: ERA New York Division Bulletins / October 1963, article by Mr. Bernard Linder “The Tracks of New York / Volume 3” (ERA 1976) by Mr. Alan Paul Kahn and Mr. Jack May Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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