Kendell Posted January 28, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 28, 2013 Does anyone know what Line used to serve Court Street and 42 St Lower Level? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted January 28, 2013 Share #2 Posted January 28, 2013 Which, not witch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendell Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share #3 Posted January 28, 2013 Sorry my spell check is messed up.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDTA Posted January 28, 2013 Share #4 Posted January 28, 2013 Court St was served by a shuttle to Hoyt-Schermerhorn, and the lower level of 42nd was served by regular 8th Ave trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted January 28, 2013 Share #5 Posted January 28, 2013 In response to question on 42nd Street - If I'm correct some E trains I believe and that is from some nycsubway.org pics I've seen (see pic below). FYI: The IND originally had built that lower level so that the IRT would not be able to extend the Times Sq./Flushing line westward. (Which has been a destiny outlived as the MTA severed the station anyway to extend the line currently to where the tunnels lie today @ somewhere below Hudson Yards in the area of 34th and 11th, how ironic!). That's what I know about it. Court St was served by a shuttle to Hoyt-Schermerhorn, and the lower level of 42nd was served by regular 8th Ave trains. Exactly! The HH shuttle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Far Rock Depot Posted January 28, 2013 Share #6 Posted January 28, 2013 Actually, the LL of 42st was used for Aqueduct Raceway Specials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendell Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share #7 Posted January 28, 2013 I thought HH was KK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted January 28, 2013 Share #8 Posted January 28, 2013 Does anyone know what Line used to serve Court Street and 42 St Lower Level? Why not go here? -> nycsubway.org I'm sure many of your future questions can be answered by looking thru the station lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtattrain Posted January 28, 2013 Share #9 Posted January 28, 2013 42nd St. lower level was served by the train and some special Aqueduct service train; not a witch train. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted January 28, 2013 Share #10 Posted January 28, 2013 42nd St. lower level was served by the train and some special Aqueduct service train; not a witch train. Hogwarts Express!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted January 28, 2013 Share #11 Posted January 28, 2013 Lol I think we need a time machine to answer this guy's question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted January 28, 2013 Share #12 Posted January 28, 2013 I thought HH was KK The KK train was the first route that utilized the Christie St Connection from Broadway-Lafayatte/6th Ave to Essex Street when the Willamsburg part and the Manny B part of this connection made it's debut in 1967. Which was what we all well know as that same connection the that makes the so special. Edit: Wow! Better make sure my all my i's are dotted and my T's are crossed, mtattrain has entered the classroom. =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro CSW Posted January 28, 2013 Share #13 Posted January 28, 2013 Wikipedia sometimes helps...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted January 29, 2013 Share #14 Posted January 29, 2013 to set the record straight, the following lines have used the LL of 42nd street The E in revenue service, The Playland specials and the Aqueduct Specials. The following have used the Court Street spur. HH Court Shuttle. to Hoyt-Schermerhorn No offense Kendall, but most of this information is readily avaible on NYCsubway.org and Wikipedia. you don't need to come running to ask us about everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCRailfan523 Posted January 29, 2013 Share #15 Posted January 29, 2013 Wikipedia and nycsubwayorg is your source, not just us. The internet is another source of information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted January 29, 2013 Share #16 Posted January 29, 2013 People: if you want to know it all, then you can read up here: Court St: http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/court.html 42nd Lower: http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/abandoned/42st.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted January 29, 2013 Share #17 Posted January 29, 2013 Brennan has bearly updated that site in recent years. IE, the 42nd street article mentions nothing about the lower level platform being cut in half forever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilbluefoxie Posted January 29, 2013 Share #18 Posted January 29, 2013 The Lower Level uses the same IND tiling style as 179 Street, (there is blueish tile underneath the orange and blue stripes, as seen in older photos of the station) which looks like a transition between the original style and the late 50s simpler design that Broad Channel and Grant Ave got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted January 29, 2013 Share #19 Posted January 29, 2013 Brennan has bearly updated that site in recent years. IE, the 42nd street article mentions nothing about the lower level platform being cut in half forever... So what they used it for IN THE PAST i.e. the TS his question isn't correct on his web site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Concourse Posted January 29, 2013 Share #20 Posted January 29, 2013 Well it is correct, but the current status is out of date. That said, there's plenty of resources that could've been used than for the op to waste everyone's time. May as well close this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamen Rider Posted January 29, 2013 Share #21 Posted January 29, 2013 it's correct in that the information isn't wrong, just lacking. For example, there is no mention of the Playland specials to the Rockaways using that platform. yes, they were one of the akward moments in the history of the subway, but they still existed. There were also Football specials that used the station from what I've read, (forgot to mention them before) When the New York Jets were first formed, they were known as the "New York Titans", and played at the Polo Grounds in upper manhattan. The subway ran trains from the end of the Queens Blvd line to 42nd lower, where they made the station stop, and then somehow relayed and reveresed north to 155th on the Concourse line. http://books.google.com/books?id=6WFHNSXBpocC&pg=PA295&lpg=PA295&dq=football+NY+titans+subway+special&source=bl&ots=8U7RCSwRvR&sig=D-Uk7fjnpVIZbyVGnMGJUT017cU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=F10IUYSEDIPf0gGQ0oCIBA&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=football%20NY%20titans%20subway%20special&f=false Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistausss Posted January 30, 2013 Share #22 Posted January 30, 2013 No, the Polo Ground specials ran from 155 St via 9th Ave lower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realizm Posted January 30, 2013 Share #23 Posted January 30, 2013 You are both correct. The IND and the IRT both offered special service to the Polo Grounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PegLegGuy Posted February 11, 2013 Share #24 Posted February 11, 2013 . The "Train to the Plane" also used the LL. PegLegGuy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted February 11, 2013 Share #25 Posted February 11, 2013 . The "Train to the Plane" also used the LL. I thought that ran from 57th-6th Ave, via 6th Ave, then via 6th Ave to W4, then Fulton Express. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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