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Posted by jt_bklyn on Fri Jan 10 18:26:53 2003, in response to Re: "Tunnel Rat" Responds to SubTalk Discussion on 76th Street Station (Queens IND),
posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Jan 10 18:06:34 2003.
According to the BMT part on www.nycsubway.org, the station was started before the dual contracts were signed as part of the "Triborough" plan. The 4th Ave. line as planned line would have turned down 40th St to continue down New Utr. Ave towards Coney Island.
Later the BRT signed on and the existing RoW on 39th St was used so the southern part of the station was abandoned. This also explains why the columns are in the middle of the platform in the center & north but to the south are in pairs with a lower roof.
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