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Posted by randyo on Mon Oct 5 18:39:39 2020, in response to Myrtle Avenue EL, posted by Wallyhorse on Mon Oct 5 09:01:21 2020. A dual level structure, would be more expensive than other modifications that could have been made to allow 10 ft wide cars to operate via Myrtle. As I have mentioned many time, I was told by a reliable source that the original Myrtle structure was capable of holding any cars the NYCTS had including the D types so possibly the only thing that might have been needed was a minor strengthening of the structure as was done on the Fulton St portion of the J Line. The trusswork by the station controls on the stations N/O Bway was the main problem with operating 10 ft wide cars on that part of the line. Two alternatives were possible neither of which was cheap. One would have been to raise the el structure a few feet at the points of the station controls so that supporting steelwork could be placed beneath the trackways eliminating the need for the trusswork which could then be removed. The other would have been to construct outside platforms at all the stations between Bway and Bridge St with new stairways directly to the street. The new stairways would no longer have to pass under the trackways, allowing new steelwork to be constructed under the trackways also allowing the old trusswork to be removed and eliminating the clearance problem. The only problem with separate platforms for each direction is that it would require additional sets of station controls to be built. That would mean that either additional station agents would be needed or one side would lack facilities to buy tokens. Of course with the more modern system of Metrocards, the lack of station personnel is less critical. |
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