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Posted by Handbrake on Wed Aug 7 08:51:24 2024, in response to Re: Culver Line, posted by Train Dude on Wed Jul 31 19:24:54 2024. Interesting note. The G Crosstown Line has a planned connection north of Bedford-Nostrand Avenue Station, Tracks E3/E4, that would have tied into proposed IND transit lines destined for Manhattan via routes that would have routed through South 4th Street.Tracks E3/E4 descend down below the existing Crosstown line, ending at present in bumper blocks below the existing grade. As is common knowledge, the Bedford-Nostrand is the only three track, two island planform station on the Cross-town Line that function as an intermediate terminal during GO's. Two diamond cross-over originally switches installed north of the station would facilitate train movements between Queens bound, and Manhattan bound trains. Both diamond cross-overs have/will be removed and replace by turn out switches. I recall that Tracks E3/E4 can provide a lay up capacity of one eight car train each, consisting of 60 foot (R1) rail cars. I find the empty middle trackway at Classon Avenue, one stop south of Bedford-Nostrand, interesting, since civil construction of the middle trackway does not provide a physical through path from the middle E3/E4 track at Bedford-Nostrand, and south to the Classon Avenue middle trackway. Based on a walk through observation, it's a guess at what the original plan was for Classon Avenue middle, other than to turn trains south of Bedford-Nostrand and lay up mid-day trains. Most of the big mysteries of the present IND have died with the original planners. |
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