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Posted by randyo on Thu Mar 11 20:25:27 2021, in response to Re: What Are the Now-Abandoned Stations You Once Used Regularly?, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Thu Mar 11 08:00:38 2021. I’ve used quite a few abandoned stations most of which were also on lines themselves that are also abandoned on a relatively regular basis. I often used Bway/Myrtle when railfanning the el to change to the Jamaica Line as well as Bridge/Jay when I worked Myrtle as a M/M. I used the stations at 168 St, 160 St and Sutphin Blvd on the Jamaica line when going to/from Queens college depending on which bus I decided to use that particular day. While railfanning, I would use both loop platforms at South Ferry as well as the shuttle platform at Bowling Green. I frequented 9 Av Lower both when railfanning and when I worked the Culver Shuttle as a M/M. When My grandmother lived in the South Bronx my mother and ik would board at 138 St on the 3 Av El or sometimes when shopping, 149/3 and take the el to Grand St to the Bowery Savings Bank which was there. After the el was ended in Manhattan I would often railfan it to Gun Hill Rd lower level and back. certain Sunday afternoons m father and I would take the 7 Av Exp to the now demolished 180 St/Bx Pk station. Other Sundays we would take the Bway Exp to 242 St walk across van Cortlandt Pk and take a Putnam Div NYC train to Sedgwick Av where where would boar the Polo Grounds Shuttle to 155 St and change for the IND back home. My father worked for the Dept of Correction at its headquarters at 100 Centre St so My mother and I would take the Lex Lcl and get off at Worth St. Also while railfanning, I would use the abandoned Fulton St el platform at Franklin and Fulton and the first time I rode it circa 1959, not only were the 2 abandoned platforms there, but for that short section of el structure the rails and ties were still there although heavily rust covered. When I went there the next time about a year later, the rails and ties were gone. Those are the stations I used on a relatively regular basis although not always for work or school but other purposes. Although I didn't use them regularly, I paid single visits to the S/B platform at Gold St (Myrtle Av) which is no longer there but not the N/B platform which remains. That same day, my father rode the Myrtle for my first time. Coincidentally with that I rode the Fulton St el my only time N/O 80 St and due to a single tk operation had to change tains at the original Fulton St el station at Grant Ave. |
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