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Posted by RedbirdR33 on Mon Feb 6 22:34:24 2006 This is a response to early posts about express service on the BRT/BMT Fulton Street El in Brooklyn. The Fulton Street El as built basically ran from Fulton Ferry Terminal in downtwn Brooklyn to Grant Avenue. It was built as a two track line but there was a third track between Hinsdale Street and Pennsylvania Avenue which was primarily used for yard moves from "AB" Yard.Under the Dual Contract reconstruction a third track was added between between Franklin Avenue and Hinsdale Street. Except for Atantic Avenue there were no station built with express platform and Frankin Avenue itself was a two track station. Because of the track layout the third track was not usuable for express service east of Atlantic Avenue. A history of the line by Bernard Linder gives the following details of express service in 1924. Trains starting from Lefferts Avenue or Grant Avenue in the AM Rush ran express on the center track from Atlantic Avenue to Frankin Avenue. In the PM rush trains from Park Row to Lefferts Avenue ran express from Sands Street to Lafayette Avenue to Grand Avenue to Atlantic Avenue. These train ran express on the local tracks between Sands Street and Franklin Avenue. By June 1933 the followinfg changes were noted. AM express stil ran from Atlantic Avenue to Franklin Avenue. PM express from Park Row ran express from Sands Street to Franklin Avenue to Atlantic Avenue. Express beginning at Sands Street ran express only from Franklin Avenue to Atlantic Avenue. PART II Serive east of Grant Avenue. Grant Avenue was the original eastern terminus of the line. The line was extended east under the Dual Contracts to Lefferts Avenue. The extension was built as a three track line but again there were no express platforms. The #13 14 Street-Fulton Street Express began operation on September 23, 1936 between 8 Avenue-14 Street in Manhattan and Lefferts Avenue in Queens. This train ran as a non-stop express (on the local tracks)on the 14 Street Line between Lorimer Street and Myrtle. They also ran non-stop between Hinsdale Street and Hudson Street on the Fulton Street EL portion of the line. Express operation east of Hinsdale Street lasted only until the platforms could be extended to accomodate full length trains of MULTIS as these were the only cars which ever ran in this service. Once the platfrom were lengthened the express made all stops between Myrtle Avenue and Lefferts Avenue. (Question: When did Lefferts Avenue become a Boulevard?) Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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