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Re: Nostrand Ave.

Posted by jabrams on Fri Oct 30 10:52:19 2009, in response to Re: 50 St/8 Av is a unique station, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Fri Oct 30 07:50:45 2009.

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I think Nostrand Ave. was an afterthought. Most IND stations (except Franklin Ave.) were two levels down (mezzanine and platforms). So Nostrand was probably converted to an express stop after planned were made, thus the express tracks raise to what was to be the mezzanine, that is why the express polatform is twice as wide as the local platform (it goes obver the local tracks. I think an express stop at Franklin Ave. would have been a better idea. What the original subway planners did was make express stops based upon the main streets, and not stops where competing trains crossed each other (Franklin Ave., 59th on the IRT, 72nd could have been a local stop, and there are many others throughout the system.

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