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Re: W 4th Street

Posted by William A. Padron on Mon Aug 29 21:33:02 2022, in response to Re: W 4th Street, posted by zac on Mon Aug 29 19:57:36 2022.

But this can only happen if the F is on 6th Ave and not also rerouted to 8th Ave, but it can also be rerouted to Bway. Lots of options, but the D is the one that gets stuck.

And that is the biggest flaw when the TA was designing and building the Chrystie Street connection.

Why not one engineer or planner thought about reconfiguring or modifying the layout in removing the I-beam side trackside supports, layout a provision, and putting a crossover switch west of Broadway-Lafayette between the S/B "F" and "D" tracks B1 and B3 is one of the better unanswered questions.

There is one such switch between the N/B "F" and "D" tracks B2 and B4 previously in place west of Broadway-Lafayette, most likely when that section opened in January 1936. During the construction of Chrystie, the designers eliminated the switch between tracks B1 and B3 east of the station, causing B3 to ramp up and over B1.

-William A. Padron
["BROADWAY"]

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