Deucey Posted February 27, 2017 Share #1 Posted February 27, 2017 So I saw this on Gothamist. Looks like the uses most of it now. How much trouble would it cause/resolve if the or used this to 96th St or 71/Continental? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted February 27, 2017 Share #2 Posted February 27, 2017 So I saw this on Gothamist. Looks like the uses most of it now. How much trouble would it cause/resolve if the or used this to 96th St or 71/Continental? Both the Q and the F use it now. The Q already uses it to 96th and the F already uses it to queens. Sent from my LGLS755 using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveRock Posted February 27, 2017 Share #3 Posted February 27, 2017 Well, this specific tunnel is only currently used by the , but the also uses the 63rd Street connector farther along. This article is from July - now with the SAS, that's what the Q uses to get from 57th-7th to 63rd-Lex. As to the , I don't see why it'd be necessary - the two stops on 59th and Queens Plaza are higher traffic than Lex/63rd, Roosevelt, and 21st-Queensbridge. The current stops need the extra line more. In fact, it might even unnecessarily crowd the 63rd Street tunnel, what with trains having to utilize a switch between two already high-traffic tracks right before the 63rd Street station. Hope this helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted February 27, 2017 Share #4 Posted February 27, 2017 I can't stand the article. It was not abandoned. It was just in non-revenue service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulrivera Posted February 27, 2017 Share #5 Posted February 27, 2017 Someone should tell Gothamist about the lower level of the 63rd Street tubes... That article should be a doozy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BreeddekalbL Posted February 27, 2017 Share #6 Posted February 27, 2017 stupid hipsters..... so ignorant they should go to the transit museum if they want to learn about our transit system, also cant be going around claiming they are a native when they walk in the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted February 28, 2017 Share #7 Posted February 28, 2017 Well, Gothamist is on the right track... They just wrote about the wrong tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardye1 Posted February 28, 2017 Share #8 Posted February 28, 2017 Someone should tell Gothamist about the lower level of the 63rd Street tubes... That article should be a doozy well you don't want New Yorkers to know that East Side cost 10 billion dollars without even building a river tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porter Posted February 28, 2017 Share #9 Posted February 28, 2017 How moronic! It was used in regular service as recently as 1998 and it's somehow previously unheard of? How could a 'professional' blogger be so dense? 1998 certainly wasn't ancient history; all of us here remember what was happening with our lives and the world in general back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted February 28, 2017 Share #10 Posted February 28, 2017 How moronic! It was used in regular service as recently as 1998 and it's somehow previously unheard of? How could a 'professional' blogger be so dense? 1998 certainly wasn't ancient history; all of us here remember what was happening with our lives and the world in general back then. Actually it was 1995 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted February 28, 2017 Share #11 Posted February 28, 2017 Anyone want to take a shot at sending an angry e-mail…? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted February 28, 2017 Share #12 Posted February 28, 2017 Don't you guys think he was talking about the stub track at 57th Street-7th Avenue? Maybe he was referring to the never built Central Park West connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted February 28, 2017 Share #13 Posted February 28, 2017 Don't you guys think he was talking about the stub track at 57th Street-7th Avenue? Maybe he was referring to the never built Central Park West connection. That’s self-contradiction right there. It can’t be abandoned if it was never built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted February 28, 2017 Share #14 Posted February 28, 2017 That’s self-contradiction right there. It can’t be abandoned if it was never built. A portion of the Central Park West connection was built, but not entirely to Central Park West. Unbuilt refers to the intention for the section of tunnel that was constructed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted February 28, 2017 Share #15 Posted February 28, 2017 A portion of the Central Park West connection was built, but not entirely to Central Park West. Wasn’t that entirely absorbed by the 63 Street connection? Is there anything left that isn’t a part of the 63 Street connector? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted February 28, 2017 Share #16 Posted February 28, 2017 Wasn’t that entirely absorbed by the 63 Street connection? Is there anything left that isn’t a part of the 63 Street connector? Only the express tracks were absorbed by the 63rd Street connection. The local trackways still exist and IIRC turn onto 59th Street and abruptly stop halfway between 7th and 8th Avenues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucey Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share #17 Posted February 28, 2017 What was the goal of the Central Park West connection? (Ie was it to reroute the B/D from the 8th Av Line; connect to a West Side/Hudson Line?) Any documentation on it anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted February 28, 2017 Share #18 Posted February 28, 2017 I think the BMT wanted to build that line first but Hylan stopped it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance Posted February 28, 2017 Share #19 Posted February 28, 2017 One of the pre-IND plans concerning the Central Park West line was a connection to the Broadway line. The BMT added the bellmouth provision when building the Broadway line as a way to get a foothold in the bidding process for the Central Park West line and have a better standing over the IRT, the only competition at that time. Regarding that proposal, from 57 Street, the local tracks would've diverged northwest forming two of the four tracks planned for the Central Park West line. The other two tracks would've ran south down 8th Avenue to just beyond the old Pennsylvania Station at 30th Street with provisions for continuation. However, as Mayor Hylan wanted a subway system completely separate from the IRT and BMT, this proposal was scrapped, despite being approved by the Board of Estimate in 1923. Another proposal using these stub tracks would emerge in the 1939 Second System plans, which called for an extension of the Broadway line through Central Park itself and eventually up Morningside Ave to 145th Street. While neither proposal ever saw the light of day, the bellmouth provisions at 57 Street would eventually be used as part of the 63rd Street line, which opened in 1989. As for documentation, most of the info comes from The Routes Not Taken book on transit proposals that never occurred for whatever reason be it political opposition or lack of funds. It's an interesting book on what could've been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongLiveRock Posted February 28, 2017 Share #20 Posted February 28, 2017 Don't you guys think he was talking about the stub track at 57th Street-7th Avenue? Maybe he was referring to the never built Central Park West connection. No, the article literally says "runs between the 57th Street and 7th Avenue, and Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street in Manhattan" and mentions it will be (and of course now is being) used on the ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porter Posted February 28, 2017 Share #21 Posted February 28, 2017 Actually it was 1995 Please refer to this August 1998 map: http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/calcagno-1998-08-01.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel The Cool Posted March 1, 2017 Share #22 Posted March 1, 2017 Please refer to this August 1998 map: http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/calcagno-1998-08-01.gif The first time it was used was in 1995 when the Train was sent via Broadway/Montague to 21st Street-Queenbridge due to the Manhattan Bridge North Side being closed on Midday/Weekends due to major trackwork and the South Side was still closed. This was from April to November of 1995. I'm well aware of the 1998 Shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyhorse Posted March 1, 2017 Share #23 Posted March 1, 2017 Only the express tracks were absorbed by the 63rd Street connection. The local trackways still exist and IIRC turn onto 59th Street and abruptly stop halfway between 7th and 8th Avenues. That is something that ought to be finished. It would allow for more flexibility in the system, including when needed being able to have 6th and/or 8th Avenue trains run via Broadway for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted March 1, 2017 Share #24 Posted March 1, 2017 The first time it was used was in 1995 when the Train was sent via Broadway/Montague to 21st Street-Queenbridge due to the Manhattan Bridge North Side being closed on Midday/Weekends due to major trackwork and the South Side was still closed. This was from April to November of 1995. I'm well aware of the 1998 Shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenSin Posted March 1, 2017 Share #25 Posted March 1, 2017 Only the express tracks were absorbed by the 63rd Street connection. The local trackways still exist and IIRC turn onto 59th Street and abruptly stop halfway between 7th and 8th Avenues. I wonder if these trackways have the potential to fly over or dodge under the existing express tracks. My bet is that if they exist, they are probably cut through like the Manhattan Bridge connection or the Flushing Line extension to Hudson Yards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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