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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Sep 10 09:00:22 2025 Tuscarora Almanac for September 10 1932 from The Book of First Runs The Independent Subway begins operation of the 8th Avenue Line between 207th Street and Chambers Street / Hudson Terminal. The station at Chambers Street / Hudson Terminal has two platforms. The two track island platform which will be used by the through trains to Brooklyn is known as "Chambers Street". The two track island platform with bumpers at the south end is known as "Hudson Terminal" (today's World Trade Center). Source: New York Subway, Fifty Years of Millions, (Electric Railroads No. 23 / October 1954) by Mr. Herman Rinke Ed. Note: In commemoration of the 75th Anniversary on the opening of the Eighth Avenue Subway the TA ran an A train from 168th Street to Chambers Street on September 10, 2007. The consist was 100-484-1575-381-401-1802. This is the first day of service for the A and AA trains. The A has now been in continuous service since that time. Only Tunnelrat has had a longer run. The AA was retired in 1985, but Tunnelrat is still with us. 1977 from The Book of Last Runs This will be the last night of service on the section of the BMT Jamaica Line between 168 Street and Queens Boulevard. The last northbound "J" train arrived at 168 Street at 11:59 PM. The consist was (n) R-27 8028-9 and R-30 8528-9. The last southbound "J" train departed at 12:00 Midnight with (s) R-27 8241-0 and 8115-4. The stations at 168 Street, 160 Street and Sutphin Boulevard were closed. A new temporary terminal was established at Queens Boulevard. Free transfers are issued at Queens Boulevard to and from the new Q-49 Jamaica Avenue Limited bus route. There were two post-abandonment fantrips on Sunday, September 11, 1977. The first trip used D Types while the second used the B Types; 2390-1-2. 1989 from The Book of Last Runs SEPTA closes the Spring Garden Street station on the Ridge Avenue line due to low ridership. 1989 from The Book of Last Runs MABSTOA discontinues service on the M-103 59th Street Crosstown Line. This route began as a horse-car line on July 18, 1863 operated by the Central Park, North & East River Railroad Company. Trolley cars began to replace the horse-cars in 1898. Buses replaced the trolleys on November 10, 1946. The route at that time ran between York Avenue East 61st Street and West End Avenue West 59th Street. The western terminus was extended north to West 73rd Street and Broadway on September 8, 1963. Service ran seven days a week from 6 AM to 12 midnight. The last Manhattan Bus Map to show this service was dated 1988. 1990 from The Book of First Runs Metro-North opens the Appalachian Trail stop on the Harlem Line. It is located at MP 65.9 between Pawling and Harlem Valley-Wingdale stations. 1995 from The Book of First Runs Dean Street station on the BMT Franklin Avenue Line is closed. 1995 from The Book of First Runs MABSTOA begins operation of the M-103 Third Avenue-Lexington Avenue line begins service between East 125th Street and Park Row. This will supplement the M-101 and M-102 buses. The M-103 designation had previously been used by the 59th Street Crosstown from 1946 to 1989. The first map to list the new service was dated February 1996. Source: New York Division Bulletin / July 2000 / article by Mr. Bernard Linder & Manhattan Bus Map February 1996 Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Avid Reader on Wed Sep 10 09:27:30 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for September 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Sep 10 09:00:22 2025. Only Tunnelrat has had a longer run. The AA was retired in 1985, but Tunnelrat is still with us.
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Posted by TUNNELRAT on Wed Sep 10 10:09:34 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 10, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Sep 10 09:27:30 2025. I AM DEEPLY TOUCHED BY YOUR OUTPOURING OF LOVE AND CONCERN.SIGNED THE ONE AND ONLY TUNNELRAT! |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Wed Sep 10 13:46:55 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for September 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Sep 10 09:00:22 2025. The Spring Garden Station closure on the Broad-Ridge Spur made sense at the time: Few people used it, and even now there really isn't the development there to warrant re-opening it (and the line does not run on Sundays). The station on the main branch of the Broad Street line is two blocks away (the spur station was at 12th Street). |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Sep 10 19:03:40 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for September 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Sep 10 09:00:22 2025. It's always appropriate to have the Alpha and Omega of the R-1/9 fleet at the points for museum and holiday trips. |
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Posted by gbs on Thu Sep 11 03:04:12 2025, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for September 10, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Sep 10 09:00:22 2025. The two track island platform with bumpers at the south end is known as "Hudson Terminal" At the Hudson Terminal part of the station, there was an island platform and a side platform. I don't recall trains ever opening to the side platform. The wall tiles said "H and M" (for "Hudson and Manhattan", the former name of the PATH system), while the pillars said "CHMBRS". Note the original 1960's-style platform-edge signs, which were black type on white background, the opposite of today.          
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Sep 12 18:40:16 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 10, posted by gbs on Thu Sep 11 03:04:12 2025. The shame was in 1966 when the buildings were torn down to make way for the World Trade Center they didn't think of using the construction of the WTC to connect those bumper tracks to the Montague Street portion of the Broadway line in lower Manhattan, potentially allowing for it and Broadway line trains to use such and create additional operational flexibility. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Sep 12 18:51:30 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 10, posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Sep 12 18:40:16 2025. How about tying the west side IRT to the PATH lines at that spot?? |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Sat Sep 13 02:44:40 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 10, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Sep 12 18:51:30 2025. Not sure that would be possible due to the different kind of cars those use. |
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Posted by randyo on Sat Sep 13 03:49:33 2025, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for September 10, posted by Wallyhorse on Fri Sep 12 18:40:16 2025. The problem with doing that would be that it would create an at grade junction like 143rd St/Lenox and Bway/Myrtle. The TA would if and where possible like to eliminate such junctions rather than create new ones. If the TA wanted to do that then it could have created a junction between the Bway and 6th Ave tks leading to the north side of the Manny B and connected the Nassau St tks to the south tks of the Manny B which would have allowed for additional routes and service patterns. |
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