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There are track connections that are not used for
passenger service at the following places. This list does not include
Unused Express Tracks or parts of or
provisions for routes not built.
Brooklyn
Stillwell Avenue:
All of the incoming lines (Brighton, Sea Beach, West End, and Culver)
can connect to each other either via direct moves or reverse moves
through the station. This was used for a short-lived NX express
service starting at Brighton Beach, through Stillwell Avenue, to
Manhattan via Sea Beach, 1967-1968.
BMT Canarsie Subway / BMT Jamaica El: A connection between
these two lines at East New York-Broadway Junction allows for trains
to/from Canarsie to travel via the Broadway Elevated to the
Williamsburg Bridge. This was used for the K service via Chrystie
Street listed below.
BMT Franklin Shuttle/BMT Brighton
Line: The shuttle connects to the Brighton main line at
Prospect Park. This was used prior to the construction of the subway
line north of Prospect Park for through trains via Franklin line to
the LIRR (1878-1883) and to the Fulton Street Elevated
(1896-1920). The Fulton St. El connection was severed in 1920 when the
Brighton-Flatbush Avenue subway connection opened. There were
Franklin--Coney Island trains as late as 1964.
BMT Brighton Line / BMT Broadway Subway: At DeKalb Avenue,
there is an unused set of switch tracks that would permit trains
northbound from the Brighton line to access the Montague Street tunnel
(which connects to the Broadway and Nassau subways), and southbound
trains from Montague Street to access the Brighton Line. This was
formerly used for "M" service before the "M" was rerouted to the West
End line.
Manhattan Bridge North Side: See the Manhattan Bridge FAQ for
details.
The Brooklyn IRT: At
Atlantic Avenue, a trackway for a connection from the LIRR Flatbush
Terminal to the northbound IRT local. Rumors abound; the track may or
may not have ever been installed; August Belmont "might" have used it
for access from "his" subway to his racetrack on Long Island. Listed
here as honorable mention.
Manhattan
IND 8th Avenue / IND 6th Avenue: A connection from the 8th
Avenue Local to the 6th Avenue local just south of West 4th Street
station. The routing complexities of the 6th and 8th Avenue lines is
probably why it is now only used for emergency reroutes. The JFK
Express "Train to the Plane" used this connection, and was
used prior to the Chrystie Street connection opening for a 169th
Street-Jay Street service via Rutgers St. Tunnel. (Track Map)
BMT Jamaica El/Nassau St. Subway/
IND 6th Avenue Subway: Part of the 1967
Chrystie Street subway construction provided for a connection from the
Broadway-Brooklyn line coming east across the Williamsburg Bridge to
swing north past Essex Street and connect to the Sixth Avenue Subway
at Broadway - Lafayette. This was used for a short lived K service from
1973 to 1976. (Track Map)
BMT Broadway Subway:
Honorable mention; a connecting track from 57th St. & 7th Ave. to the
63rd Street Subway under Central Park is not normally used in revenue
service except during periods of construction.
(Track Map)
IRT Times Square-Grand Central
Shuttle: Track four (north side of 42nd Street) connects to
West Side uptown local via a removable bridge at the end of the Times
Square platforms; track one is connected the East Side downtown local
through a short tunnel that remains from the original IRT
construction.
The Brooklyn IRT: A short
track connection between Bowling Green and South Ferry on the West
Side IRT. Also, the short "shuttle" platform track which
connects only to the southbound track to South Ferry (and
not to the Main Line to Brooklyn. The access from the IRT main line
around the inner loop and back is still used to turn trains but there
is no passenger service to the inner loop. See the station description of
Bowling Green for more details.
City Hall Station: The loop track through City Hall Station
south of Brooklyn Bridge.
Queens
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