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Tuscarora Almanac for May 18 |
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Posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat May 19 09:41:40 2018 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. A free transfer to and from the northbound IRT platform finally opened on September 25, 2012. Source: New York Division Bulletin / February 1980 / article by Mr. Bernard Linder Tuscarora Almanac – May 19, 1968 – The Book of First and Last Runs Chicago, Illinois Illinois Central Railroad The “Green Diamond”, train nos. 50 & 51, a Chicago - Saint Louis train is cut back to Springfield, Illinois and re-named the “Governors Special”. Source: “Illinois Central Through Passenger Service in Color” (Morning Sun Books /2016) by Mr. Greg Stout Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18 |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat May 19 10:21:27 2018, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 18, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat May 19 09:41:40 2018. I was exactly six months old when that transfer at Bleecker St. opened. Supposedly all they had to do was bash an opening through one of the IND mezzanine walls. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18 |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Sat May 19 13:38:50 2018, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 18, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat May 19 09:41:40 2018. After the World's Fair had closed some 7 months before, ridership on the remaining section of the 2nd Ave el began its decline. Mon-Sat service was scaled back about 3 hours in the evenings and lightly used Sunday service was eliminated completely. A little more than a year later, the 2nd Ave el would be gone completely. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18 |
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Posted by randyo on Sat May 19 15:18:40 2018, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18, posted by Elkeeper on Sat May 19 13:38:50 2018. I assume that meant that there was no direct east side service to Queens after that. Was that the same time that the paper transfer was established between the 3 Av el and the IRT Queensboro lines at Gr/Cent? |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18 |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Sun May 20 14:58:29 2018, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18, posted by randyo on Sat May 19 15:18:40 2018. Yes, it was. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18 |
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Posted by BMT Standard on Sun May 20 21:32:07 2018, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for May 18, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sat May 19 09:41:40 2018. The northbound platform at Bleeker St., as well those as Canal St., Spring St., and Astor Pl., were not extended until the early 1960s, when they were was extended northward. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18 |
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Posted by zac on Sun May 20 23:34:19 2018, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18, posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sat May 19 10:21:27 2018. And when they finally built the northbound transfer to the 6, they re-opened the other IND mezzanine that existed unused on the other side of Lafayette St. The two staircases to the street were existing staircases that were retiled. I saw the complex from above and below and it was a standard IND mezzanine, with incandescent lights, before they started the work. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18 |
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Posted by randyo on Mon May 21 15:32:11 2018, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for May 18, posted by zac on Sun May 20 23:34:19 2018. It was probably intended to have a transfer to the IRT at some point even though prior to unification it would have been outside the fare controls. The Canal St complex on the BMT was built with a transfer to the IRT in much the same way, sort of convenient but at an extra fare. |
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