by erie910
I'm from the east, and left New Jersey in 1973. I have a couple of questions regarding the A subway line in Brooklyn:
1. The track map shows four tracks that continue east from the Euclid Ave. station before the line turns north to the Grant Ave. station. Were these four tracks intended to be a continuation of the subway line under Pitkin Ave., or were they intended for something else?
2. The connecting tracks to the former LIRR line to the Rockaways are between the tracks to/from Lefferts Blvd. If the line to Lefferts Blvd. predated the connection to the line to the Rockaways, it seems unusual that the tracks to Lefferts Blvd. are outside the tracks to the Rockaways. Was that entire junction reconfigured when the Rockaway line was incorporated into the subway system?
3. From what I recall from riding and from what I see on videos, the former LIRR line to the Rockaways was a 4-track line. Is any of the track material on the ROW north of the bridge south of the Howard Beach station original LIRR track?
4. When the subway line replaced the LIRR line to the Rockaways were the trestles over Jamaica Bay, as well as the swing bridges, that the LIRR used have the capacity for more than 2 tracks?
5. Was the LIRR Far Rockaway line ever connected to what is now the subway line at Far Rockaway? Could such a connection have been constructed? If so, why did not the LIRR choose to continue to serve the area from Rockaway Park to Far Rockaway by that connection, rather than abandon the operation altogether?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
1. The track map shows four tracks that continue east from the Euclid Ave. station before the line turns north to the Grant Ave. station. Were these four tracks intended to be a continuation of the subway line under Pitkin Ave., or were they intended for something else?
2. The connecting tracks to the former LIRR line to the Rockaways are between the tracks to/from Lefferts Blvd. If the line to Lefferts Blvd. predated the connection to the line to the Rockaways, it seems unusual that the tracks to Lefferts Blvd. are outside the tracks to the Rockaways. Was that entire junction reconfigured when the Rockaway line was incorporated into the subway system?
3. From what I recall from riding and from what I see on videos, the former LIRR line to the Rockaways was a 4-track line. Is any of the track material on the ROW north of the bridge south of the Howard Beach station original LIRR track?
4. When the subway line replaced the LIRR line to the Rockaways were the trestles over Jamaica Bay, as well as the swing bridges, that the LIRR used have the capacity for more than 2 tracks?
5. Was the LIRR Far Rockaway line ever connected to what is now the subway line at Far Rockaway? Could such a connection have been constructed? If so, why did not the LIRR choose to continue to serve the area from Rockaway Park to Far Rockaway by that connection, rather than abandon the operation altogether?
Thanks in advance for your answers.