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Re: [OLDE PHOTO] D-Types At Queensboro Plaza |
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Posted by BMTLines on Wed Aug 11 10:00:05 2010, in response to Re: [OLDE PHOTO] D-Types At Queensboro Plaza, posted by JayZeeBMT on Tue Aug 10 19:24:00 2010. When the QBP station had eight tracks on two levels (think of the IND W.4th Street station), the routes, then all belonging to the IRT, went to both Astoria or Flushing from either Manhattan line.The North half of the station, which is now gone) was for BMT trains that arrived from the 60th Street tunnel and for the BMT shuttles that then ran to either Astoria and Flushing. The IRT used only the south part of the station (the part still standing today). The mezzanine was configured in such a way that there were separate fare controls - you could not transfer from the IRT to the BMT without paying another nickel at this point. The BMT had trackage rights over the remainder of both the Flushing and Astoria lines. This graphic representation from Wikipedia should clarify the track configuration  After the second avenue el service stopped, capacity increased on the IRT side, and after the BMT was diverted to the Astoria line eliminating the shuttles, the North side became redundant so all operations were moved to the south side. |
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