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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Oct 30 13:17:03 2009, in response to Re: 50 St/8 Av is a unique station, posted by daDouce Man on Fri Oct 30 07:02:07 2009. If you can explain why the station itself was built that way, I'd like to know why Nostrand/Fulton was built with a 2-level design.The theory I postulated many years ago on Subtalk was that Nostrand Ave was initially designed as a local station, with a full length mezzanine(like Lafayette Ave) and that construction began before the desire to make it an express stop was first demonstrated. The design was hastily modified to allow the express tracks to rise up one level and use the mezzanine as an express platform. This station is unique in that it has the express level above the local, the only bi-level express station with this configuration (others, like Bergen St and 86th St are local over express). If you go to Nostrand Ave and imagine the tracks on the lower level, the upper level looks identical to the mezzanines seen at Lafayette, Ralph Ave, and on several stations under Queens Blvd. |
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