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Posted by New Flyer #857 on Sun Nov 10 20:36:52 2024 I have a few questions about overnight service in NYC subway history. None of these questions have extraordinary circumstances like repair/construction or 9/11 or strikes or Covid or anything like that in mind. I'm talking about simple regular scheduled service during ordinary times.1) For at least the last 30 years as far as I can tell the standard has been 20 minute frequencies on all operating lines (at the heart of the overnight). Can anyone remember, going as far back in time as you can, if/when the frequency was last changed or when the last exceptions were? 2) If I have it right, the last full stations not to see service on the overnight were the 145th and 148th St stations on the 3, and--for full weekends--the Broad Street station on the J. Before those, what other stations were there seeing a complete stoppage of service each night, or on some nights? 3) When service on the J didn't go through to Broad, the Fulton Street platforms of the J did not see service. Is that the last platform within an operating station that we know of to not see 24/7 service? Today, the platforms (not individual tracks) that don't see overnight service seem to be mainly the ones that are express-only, such as the Atlantic Ave IRT express, 34th/8th express, Nostrand IND express, and relevant Lexington Express platforms. Are there any other platforms that come to mind that would routinely lose service during overnights, weekends, or both, going back in time? That is. . .no trains available to people on any track without having to switch to a different platform? The closest thing I can think of might be the Bowling Green - South Ferry shuttle platform(s) when it applied. But I wouldn't count platforms once they're totally abandoned. As I ask these questions, I'm not sure if the Culver Shuttle and/or the remnant of the 3rd Ave elevated (the "8 train") were 24/7 or not. |
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