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Posted by randyo on Sat Jan 11 21:27:57 2020, in response to Re: Question About 7th Avenue - 53rd Street Station, posted by andy on Sat Jan 11 20:47:33 2020. How many times to I have to post this? Prior to Chrystie, The rule was that trains passing through Brooklyn enroute Manhattan were NORTHBOUND regardless of the point of origin. All the outer Eastern Division terminals were SOUTH terminals. When the QJ was established in 1967, it was decided to make the entire route southbound towards Stl to eliminate confusion. The JJ, KK and M were still classed as northbound towards Manhattan. When the M was routed to Stl and the J truncated at Broad St at all times the M became southbound lvg met but the J was never changed back and the K remained northbound towards Manhattan. Now that the M has been routed to Manhattan kit has been returned to its proper designation as NORTHBOUND lvg Met and SOUTHBOUND towards Met. The track numbers bear this out since on the BMT and IND, southbound tracks have odd numbers and northbound tracks have even numbers and that is how the Eastern Division tracks are numbered. The A Line which operated over former BMT trackage to Lefferts is for a brief portion physically north going towards Lefferts but since the A is a southbound service lvg 207 St it remains a southbound train for its entire length. The proper thing for the NYCT to do would be to reclassify the J as northbound towards Broad St the way it was pre Chrystie and the way it should be!!!! That way all trains operating on Broadway Bkln would be perfectly matched. |
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