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Posted by MATHA531 on Sat Oct 23 17:58:32 2010, in response to 50th St 8th Ave,, posted by jabrams on Fri Oct 22 19:05:15 2010. As indicated, there are so many things that seem illogical throughout the system.,...all probably caused either y late changes in thinking and/or adapting as cheaply as possible for decisions already made. Some of the ones I have lived through...1. A terminal station at GFlatbush Avenue/Brooklyn College where the main entrance means a walk around if the next train is on the other side (or if you want a #5 weekdays or are coming in on a #5)...obviously it was never meant to be a permanent terminal. 2. The two level construction at Nostrand Avenue/Fulton Street...was it originally meant to be a local station and a last minute decision to make it an express station where construction was already under way and the only to accomplish this was to bring the express tracks up to where the concourse was going to be? 3. Dekalb Avenue always looks to me like the tracks against the wall were afterthoughts...that it was originally meant to be a local stationon the 4th Avenue line with the express tracks heading for the bridge and the local tracks heading for the tunnel? 4. The whole set up at Smith-9th Street....was it ever meant to be a permanent terminal (in this case for the G) or was it originally set up waiting for the South Brooklyn branch to be finished with the natural terminal at Church Avenue? 5. The stupidity of the set ups at 34th Street on both 7th and 8th Avenue where if you're waiting on the express tracks and a local train arrives first you really can't get there from here if you know what I mean. 6. The whole set up at Rogers junction on the IRT. Back in the days of being able to ride in the first car, I could never understand the construction there as in effect the way it was (and remains) constructed, in effect the local trains leaving Franklin in effect merge onto the express tracks while the express trains merge off to form a new express track heading to Utica...why shouldn't it have just been bujilt straight with one switch from express to local for those Lexington trains heading for Flatbush and/or local via EP? There must be reasons for all these...but somehow the logic of all these things escape me and I am sure there are many more. |
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