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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri May 19 06:58:21 2017 Tuscarora Almanac – May 19, 1941 – The Book of Last Runs New York City Board of Transportation IRT Division Second Avenue El service will now operate Monday through Saturday from 5 AM to 9 PM. There will be no Sunday service. Source: New York Division Bulletin /October 1964, article by Mr. Bernard Linder Tuscarora Almanac - May 19, 1957 - The Book of First Runs New York City Transit Authority IRT and IND Divisions A free transfer point opened today between the southbound platform (only) of the Bleecker Street Station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the Broadway-Lafayette Street Station of the IND 6th Avenue Line. When the platforms were extended at the Bleecker Street Station to accommodate longer trains the northbound platform was extended north and the southbound platform was extended south and this resulted in the unusual free transfer arrangement. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Lord Vader on Fri May 19 07:25:14 2017, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 19, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri May 19 06:58:21 2017. Lots have changed at Bleecker St since then. Great info!Vader |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 19 |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Fri May 19 11:52:14 2017, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 19, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri May 19 06:58:21 2017. Yes, the northbound platform was sort of moved southwards, wasn't it? |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 19 |
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Posted by BMT Standard on Fri May 19 16:36:25 2017, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 19, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri May 19 06:58:21 2017. The southbound platform was extended in the late 1940s. The northbound platform was extended in the early 1960s. I always wondered why they did the asymmetric extension and didn't provide for the transfer to the northbound side when the did the latter extension. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 19 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat May 20 08:54:16 2017, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 19, posted by MainR3664 on Fri May 19 11:52:14 2017. Yes. The platforms are now directly across from one another and you can transfer to the 6 going n/b as well. The new transfer also puts things in perspective regarding platform depth at Broadway-Lafayette. |
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Posted by randyo on Sun May 21 18:11:13 2017, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 19, posted by BMT Standard on Fri May 19 16:36:25 2017. The story I heard was that there was a service station which had its underground gas tanks right in the path of where a south extension would have gone and the owner of the station refused to move or be bought off at any price. |
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Posted by zac on Mon May 22 00:24:58 2017, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 19, posted by randyo on Sun May 21 18:11:13 2017. Having watched the building of the extension on the NB side a few years ago, looking at what was underground and the buildings, I don't quite believe this.You already had the IND entrance that was reopened, the entrance at Bleecker is not blocking anything, and the buildings had always been there. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Mon May 22 04:37:30 2017, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 19, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri May 19 06:58:21 2017. I always thought it was weird that the IND had a passage which went under the IRT, yet didn't bother turning north and connecting to the uptown platform. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 19 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Mon May 22 19:50:34 2017, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 19, posted by randyo on Sun May 21 18:11:13 2017. That's what I heard, too. |
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