by peanut1
How many subway tunnels does the subway have and where are they about?
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peanut1 wrote:How many subway tunnels does the subway have and where are they about?Abandoned subway tunnels? There aren't any.
Allan wrote:... Abandoned subway tunnels? There aren't any. ...Aren't there express tracks in Brooklyn that diverge from the local tracks (Skipping 15th Street & Fort Hamilton Parkway)that are abandoned.
jonnhrr wrote:Although technically not abandoned, there is a section of tunnel along the Nassau St. line north of Chambers St. where the 2 easternmost tracks are disused, although on an R9 nostalgia trip in 2012 our train used these tracks between Chambers and the Williamsburg Bridge, running past some heavily graffitied abandoned station platforms.How about the short tunnel which connected the 9th Av. El to the Jerome Av. line (Sedgewick Av.). In the broad sense it is a subway but to the purist it is part of an el. It is disconnected at both ends and therefore abandoned.
Jon
How about the short tunnel which connected the 9th Av. El to the Jerome Av. line (Sedgewick Av.). In the broad sense it is a subway but to the purist it is part of an el. It is disconnected at both ends and therefore abandoned.That tunnel is still there, HOWEVER, the Anderson-Jerome Av side has been sealed (with concrete) and the Sedgewick Av side has been sealed as well (locked steel gates). Additionally the overpass that would bring you close to the Sedgewick station has been completely fenced off.
Allan wrote:Actually, both sides are concrete-sealed. This is one of very few tunnels in NYC that, so far as I know, is completely sealed up and never inspected. I read an article where the MTA disavows any ownership of it (which I can't imagine is true). One day 100 years from now maybe the street above will have a large sinkhole and something will be done...How about the short tunnel which connected the 9th Av. El to the Jerome Av. line (Sedgewick Av.). In the broad sense it is a subway but to the purist it is part of an el. It is disconnected at both ends and therefore abandoned.That tunnel is still there, HOWEVER, the Anderson-Jerome Av side has been sealed (with concrete) and the Sedgewick Av side has been sealed as well (locked steel gates). Additionally the overpass that would bring you close to the Sedgewick station has been completely fenced off.