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Posted by HART BUS on Thu Dec 18 12:45:23 2025 How far west did the tracks go prior to the extension to Hudson Yards? |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Thu Dec 18 14:09:26 2025, in response to TIMES SQUARE FLUSHING LINE, posted by HART BUS on Thu Dec 18 12:45:23 2025. Alan: It is good to hear from you. The two tracks went as far as Eighth Avenue. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Thu Dec 18 15:51:17 2025, in response to Re: TIMES SQUARE FLUSHING LINE, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Thu Dec 18 14:09:26 2025. Right up to where the old lower level of 42nd Street was on the 8th Avenue line on 41st Street. They should have extended it to either 9th or 10th Avenue originally with provisions to go further later on. |
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Posted by gbs on Thu Dec 18 21:50:23 2025, in response to TIMES SQUARE FLUSHING LINE, posted by HART BUS on Thu Dec 18 12:45:23 2025. When the station, which opened in 1927, was built, it was cut-and-cover construction, with vertical walls and rectangular beams and pillars. Decades later ('50s? '60s?), when the platform and tracks were extended west to accommodate longer trains, the construction was deep bore, with curved walls and ceilings and no rectangular structures. This is still visible today. Vertical walls:  Curved walls:  The transition:  |
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Posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri Dec 19 07:03:53 2025, in response to Re: TIMES SQUARE FLUSHING LINE, posted by gbs on Thu Dec 18 21:50:23 2025. when the platform and tracks were extended west to accommodate longer trains, the construction was deep bore, with curved walls and ceilings and no rectangular structures. This is still visible today.No. The station overrun tracks were always deep bore and built in the 1920's. The 1950's platform extension just used part of the already existing overrun tracks. |
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