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Posted by Qveensboro_Plaza on Wed Nov 21 14:57:54 2007, in response to Re: Segmented or closed IND mezzanines, posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Wed Nov 21 10:09:12 2007. What they did to 125 Street is a shame. They removed the two southernmost exit stairs so anyone in the rear cars of an uptown train (or front cars going downtown)has to walk almost to the center of the platform to reach a stairway to the mezzanine. The mezzanine renovation "moved" the fare control at the downtown end further toward the center of the mezzanine, and the area where you used to exit from those now-gone southernmost stairs is sealed behind a wall. The outlines of the former stairwells are still visible from the platforms.The "tunnel" exits on the Concourse line in the Bronx led to streetcar stops where passengers could go directly in/out of the subway without having to go up to street level. Although they remained in use at least into the 1970s, I don't recall if the buses that replaced the streetcars still stopped in the middle of the underpass at the exit stairs. |
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