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Re: The (M) and the (QB) Re: May 11, 1975. . .End of the Culver shuttle |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Sun May 13 12:02:32 2007, in response to Re: The (M) and the (QB) Re: May 11, 1975. . .End of the Culver shuttle, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun May 13 06:24:34 2007. If they *wanted* to clean up the lower level at 9th Avenue, the (M) would have no difficulty terminating there.The LION knows that the (M) and the (QB) both accessed the Brighton Line from the Tunnel, but that is UNNATURAL and cannot be done without a lot of switching and jacking up of the railroad. DeKalb was designed as a 4th Avenue LOCAL station. The LOCAL trains went to the Tunnel, and the EXPRESS trains went to the Bridge. Then when the BMT was awarded the rights to the 4th Avenue Line they built the Flatbush Avenue Extension, and put two more tracks on the other side of the local platform (before the station ever opened to the public) making those into Island platforms. In those days the Brighton line Express trains went to DeKalb and the Bridge, while the Brighton Line Local trains went out Franklin Avenue and thence into downtown Brooklyn via the El. ROARing on the Brighton LION |
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