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Posted by Michael549 on Fri Oct 10 11:26:50 2014, in response to Fulton Express Service, posted by INDviaCulver on Fri Oct 10 00:18:17 2014. Most likely to speed up rush hour service, provide consistent service, to respond to customer complaints or problems, and/or to spread the passenger load among the trains.Until the mid-1970's fiscal crisis, the rush hour E-trains were express in Manhattan along Eighth Avenue sharing the same tracks with the A-trains from 42nd Street to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets in Brooklyn. ------------ At the NYC-Subway.Org website - take a look at the 1966 Subway Map. Then A-trains at the time were coming out of Lefferts Blvd and out of Euclid Avenue, where the A-trains were local. Then (1966) E-trains were the trains that traveled to/from Far Rockaway and Rockaway Park according to the Service Guide provided on the website. This scheme appears to provide consistent local service while providing express service to those further out, when needed during the rush hours. With the HH providing service to the Rockaways non-rush hours according to the service Guide in 1966. ------------ Now the 1967 Subway Map shows that A-trains, E-trains, and HH-trains serving the Rockaways, with the E-trains running rush hours, HH-trains running part-times, as well as A-trains serving those stations at some points during the day/nights/weekends. But what is important is that the maps clearly show the A-trains as making local stops in Brooklyn. Of interesting note is that the E-trains also served Lefferts Blvd during the rush hours! Note that the 1968 and 1969 maps are similar to the above notes, except that the E-trains do not serve Lefferts Blvd, and the A-trains are still local in Brooklyn. ------------- The 1972 Subway Map shows a big change. The A-train is express in Brooklyn, while the E-trains are the rush-hour locals from Euclid Avenue and Rockaway Park. The 1972 map shows the A-train as serving Far Rockaway full-time with either through or connecting service - most likely the Round Robin service pattern at late nights. The 1974 Subway Map has a similar pattern to the 1972 map noted above. ------------- The 1978 Subway Map now has the CC local train replacing the E-train during the rush hours as the local service in Brooklyn. This CC rush hours local train operated out of both Euclid Avenue and Rockaway Park. The E-train was "reduced" to operating full-time out of the World Trade Center. -------------- It should be noted that the E-train at least on the maps cited had a huge job. The E along with F-train had to service the huge passenger loads of Queens Blvd since only the 53rd Street tunnel existed as a connection, then the EE-local were the only Manhattan-bound Queens Blvd routes. Thus any problems in Brooklyn or Manhattan affected Queens Blvd service. And vice-versa! Now I have only looked at a few subway maps, and made some inferences. I'm pretty sure that folks who actually worked on the subways then might have some interesting details. Mike |
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