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Posted by Chris R27-R30 on Mon Jun 21 11:38:27 2004, in response to Re: PHOTOS of City Hall LL ??? (Was: Re: Riding the IRT Rockaway trip 6/19 (long)),
posted by David Pirmann - Web Site Host on Sun Jun 20 21:23:26 2004.
The lower level is the proper route. The upper level was to be a terminal, with the lower level route continuing downtown and to Brooklyn via Montague St. That meant that Broadway expresses would have run via tunnel, an event Sea Beach Fred is glad never happened.
After the BRT was given the rights to the Manhattan bridge routes, the plans changed. Expresses were diverted over the bridge from 4th Ave. and the partially built Canal St. subway. A ramp was built from the southern end of the upper level to carry the local tracks down to the lower level before reaching Cortland St.
The BMT desperatley wanted to expand northward from 57th St via the UWS, so I'm assuming that City HaLL would have terminated trains coming from there as well as Queens, while expresses continued down to Whitehall St. and into Brooklyn.
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