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Posted by randyo on Tue Feb 12 19:29:16 2008, in response to Re: H Train idea, posted by GIS Man on Tue Feb 12 15:29:43 2008. Although there were some subway maps that showed the HH as running from Court St to Bway/ENY, by the time ENY station opened, the only HH operation which was the shuttle between Court and Hoyt had been discontinued. As originally envisioned, the stub tracks at Court St were to be connected via a new tunnel to the BMT subway at Whitehall St and again from the BMT N/O Cortlandt St to the stub tracks at Hudson Terminal. Later on plans were changed to connecting the Court St tracks to the 2 Av subway. The platforms at Ralph and Rockaway Aves were not sliding platforms but temporary wooden platforms over the local tracks. There was a diamond Xover N/O Rockaway Ave between A-3 and A-4 tracks which was controlled by Utica Av tower. When the line initially opened to ENY, the wooden platforms covering the N/B lcl tracks at ralph and Rockaway were removed first. S/B trains continued to operate via A-3 tk to N/O ENY where they crossed over to A-4 tk and via the diamond Xover between A-2 and A-4 tks N/O ENY operated into either of those 2 tracks into ENY station where they turned back from there. The last time I was at ENY (now renamed Bway Jct) station, the reverse car markers on A-2 an A-4 tracks were still in place. As construction progressed, the S/B temporary platforms were removed and service operated straight into ENY on A-1 track and trains relayed S/O the station until Euclid Av opened in 1948. |
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