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Posted by Wallyhorse on Fri May 17 10:06:55 2019, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 12, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Mon May 13 04:16:53 2019. And as I've noted before, had the EL been preserved, it still would have had to undergo a big-time rebuild during most likely the late 1950s and early '60s with a second rebuild after 9/11:Such would likely have seen the City Hall branch move to a new terminal on Chambers Street, with that then being extended around 1970-'72 to what would have become the World Trade Center Branch (likely extended to Liberty Place) and then likely in the mid-1980's extended again to Battery Park City, likely continuing south on Church Street/Trinity Place to Battery Place, then along Battery Place before turning north at the very end to a new terminal at West Thames Street, likely with stops now at West Thames, Battery Place-Trinity Place, Record Street, Cortlandt Street (transfers to all other lines there), Chambers Street-Church (transfer to the A/C and from that platform other lines) and Chambers-Lafayette (transfer to 4/5/6/J/Z) before Chatham Square. This today would likely have become the main branch and today's (8) train. As for the South Ferry Branch, it likely becomes the (9) train with the line rebuilt in stretches to two levels of single-track to accommodate the more narrow streets that branch was in. Seaport would be the only stop after South Ferry. We'd also have likely seen a rebuild allow for 10-car trains that would have meant a consolidation of some stations on the line and others moved, something like this: Chatam Square Broome Street (Transfer to J/Z and possibly B/D) Houston Street (MetroCard transfer to F) St. Mark's Place 14th Street (Transfer to L) 23rd Street 34th Street 42nd Street (Transfer to 4/5/6/7/S) 53rd Street (Transfer to E/M/6) (Initially) 59th-60th Street (Transfer to 4/5/6/N/R) (After 9/11) 60th-63rd Street (Transfer to 4/5/6/N/R/W at 60th and F/Q at 63rd) 72nd Street 79th Street 86th Street (MetroCard transfers to 4/5/6/Q) 96th Street 110th Street 125th Street (Last Stop in Manhattan, MetroCard transfers to 4/5/6) 138th Street (First Stop in The Bronx, Transfer to 6) 149th Street (Transfer to 2/5) Remaining Bronx stops would likely be similar to the old line but with some within close range of each other consolidated. |
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