Introduction of Weekend Fulton Express Service on the A and of Weekend Fulton Local C service

[Union Tpke]

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[bulk88]

Why was implementation of Fulton Express one of last set of express tracks ever put in service? Bed stuy/ENY depopulation shortly after the IND opened caused the 4 track IND Fulton to have been a "mistake"?

Sea Beach, Jerome and Astoria are still have unused express tracks. And Jamaica's express tracks were never installed.

[RR503]

2 hours ago, bulk88 said:

Why was implementation of Fulton Express one of last set of express tracks ever put in service? Bed stuy/ENY depopulation shortly after the IND opened caused the 4 track IND Fulton to have been a "mistake"?

Sea Beach, Jerome and Astoria are still have unused express tracks. And Jamaica's express tracks were never installed.

Expresses ran during peak hours post-1949. This change is off-peak expresses.  

[Lawrence St]

40 minutes ago, RR503 said:

Expresses ran during peak hours post-1949. This change is off-peak expresses.  

Why did Jamiaca and Myrtle never have express tracks installed?

[Union Tpke]

27 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

Why did Jamiaca and Myrtle never have express tracks installed?

There was an "express" track on Myrtle to just past Wyckoff. It did not connect back to the local tracks. There would be no need to skip two stops.

There have been countless plans to add express tracks to the Jamaica Line. Keep in mind that the third tracks on the Myrtle and the portion of the Jamaica Line west of Bwy Jct were completed in 1916.

Another track that was never installed was that on the Livonia El.

The Pelham Express was not added until 1946 with increased ridership due to the development of Parkchester. The local/express balance did not justify express service beforehand. 

Express service on the WPR line did not begin until 1953. These projects required the installation of block signaling on the express tracks-they were used as layups.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/02/82094296.pdf

 

[Lawrence St]

39 minutes ago, Union Tpke said:

There was an "express" track on Myrtle to just past Wyckoff. It did not connect back to the local tracks. There would be no need to skip two stops.

There have been countless plans to add express tracks to the Jamaica Line. Keep in mind that the third tracks on the Myrtle and the portion of the Jamaica Line west of Bwy Jct were completed in 1916.

Another track that was never installed was that on the Livonia El.

The Pelham Express was not added until 1946 with increased ridership due to the development of Parkchester. The local/express balance did not justify express service beforehand. 

Express service on the WPR line did not begin until 1953. These projects required the installation of block signaling on the express tracks-they were used as layups.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/03/02/82094296.pdf

 

So the track on Myrtle Av was only used for layups? Because Myrtle Av (Upper Level) is an island platform, so it dosent make sense.

[Union Tpke]

6 minutes ago, Lawrence St said:

So the track on Myrtle Av was only used for layups? Because Myrtle Av (Upper Level) is an island platform, so it dosent make sense.

Wyckoff is as well. The Pelham Line, Flushing Line and WPR Lines have express line even though express service wasn't begun for decades after they were built.