Talk:IND Queens Boulevard Line

message: Text pasted from the IND article, might be useful to merge if there are details not covered already. Kaisershatner 15:24, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: All the information given here is more or less already in the article. In addition, the 53rd Street Line is not a separate line, but simply the western end of the Queens Blvd Line. —Larry V (talk) 18:17, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

message: should help with the effect of the line. --NE2 08:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes

message: Various things to see on the Queens Blvd line, from Manhattan: 
QUEENS PLAZA express 
5th track between express tracks. Used to turn G train in offpeak.
36TH STREET local 
Express tracks dive down, continue along Northern Blvd as local tracks turn into Steinway Street and then Broadway. The express run is thereby shorter and straighter, at a point where narrow streets would have forced two levels for 4 tracks anyway.
STEINWAY STREET local 
46TH STREET local 
NORTHERN BOULEVARD local 
Notice heavy columns across one part of Northern Blvd station, where N Y Connecting Railroad to Hell Gate Bridge crosses over.
Above 3 are local only, 2 tracks. Express actually comes under local tracks in western half of Northern Blvd station, and can be seen rising back up shortly east of station.
65TH STREET local 
ROOSEVELT AVENUE - JACKSON HEIGHTS express 
Unused 2-track terminal station on upper (mezzanine level) starting at east end of operated station, 2 trackways run out to east above main track level in use. Terminal rebuilt mainly into transit police station.
Unused trackway for westbound local trains begins at outer wall just east of station, rises up to same level as 2 trackways mentioned above making 3 trackways on upper level.
At 78th St, 3 trackways on upper level curve to south, ending at "temporary" wall at edge of constructed subway. On lower track level in use, a fourth local trackway for eastbound local trains is seen also curving to south and similarly ending at a wall.
The 4-track subway running south was a plan for a line to the Rockaways and south Jamaica proposed in 1929. Get out the atlases: via private property at 78th St now used as a playground, west in Garfield Ave, south in 65th Place, private property, Fresh Pond Road, then east in the LIRR, etc.
ELMHURST AVENUE local 
GRAND AVENUE - NEWTOWN local 
WOODHAVEN BOULEVARD - SLATTERY PLAZA local 
Designed for conversion to an express station. Outer walls curve out so the local track could be rerouted if desired.
63D DRIVE - REGO PARK local 
Unused trackway for westbound local trains begins at outer wall just east of station, rises up to an upper level. Crosses over tracks to curve south, ends at edge of construction. At that curve, another unused trackway for eastbound local trains curves off outer wall. This was another way to get to the Rockaways and south Queens in the 1929 plan, running right to the LIRR Rockaway line. 
67TH AVENUE local 
71ST AVENUE - CONTINENTAL AVENUE - FOREST HILLS express 
Longest station name on the subway. East of the station 2 tracks start, between local and express pairs, dive to a lower level, and widen to 4 tracks. So two levels of 4 tracks each run to past next station (station on upper level only!). 
75TH AVENUE - PURITAN AVENUE local 
Lower level back to 2 tracks east of station, curves to northeast (right angle to main line) just before next station, coming alongside 2 other tracks curving from another lower level from the east, making a 4 track line to Jamaica Yard.
UNION TURNPIKE express 
Mezzanine cut in two by Union Turnpike itself crossing under Queens Boulevard. 2 track lower level curves in from yard lead within station limits and runs under main level. East of station, yard tracks come up between local and express pairs, whole line reduces to one 4-track level.
VAN WYCK BOULEVARD local 
East of station, 2 tracks start between express and local pairs. These are original trackways built for yet another line to south Queens in the 1929 plan, but they were actually put into use in 1988 when the Archer Ave line opened.
SUTPHIN BOULEVARD local 
PARSONS BOULEVARD express 
169TH STREET local 
179TH STREET express 
East of station, local tracks dive to lower level. Both levels open out to 4 tracks and run to 185th Street. Original plan was to go to the city line, maybe with 4 tracks. --96.250.192.111 (talk) 21:39, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Queens Boulevard "sights"  

message: If the IND Queens Boulevard Line is the second most crowded, where does that leave the IRT Flushing Line? ----DanTD (talk) 14:29, 9 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second most crowded line? 

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