Talk:IND Queens Boulevard Line

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)

This subway is a four-tracked subway that begins at Queens Plaza Station in Long Island City, Queens, the meeting point of the Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Subway from Brooklyn, and the 53 St. Crosstown subway from Manhattan. From here the line is 4 tracks under Northern Blvd. to 37 Av., where the line splits into two, with the two local tracks swinging north under Steinway St. (not a coincidence!), and then east under Broadway to for several dozens of blocks to Queens Blvd. The two express tracks continue under Northern Blvd. until this thoroughfare intersects with Broadway. At this point the express tracks and local tracks rejoin once again forming a 4-track subway under Broadway and Queens Blvd. The line continues under Queens Blvd. to Van Wyck Blvd. (now the Van Wyck Expressway and its service roads). Here the line splits into two branches, one as a 4-track subway under Hillside Av. and runs to 179 St., and the other to the new Archer Av. Subway (opened in 1988). This branch to the Archer Av. Subway was originally a dead end known as the Van Wyck Stub. The Queens Blvd line today is New York City's second most crowded subway line.
 * 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. &mdash;Larry V (talk) 18:17, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Service history

 * Local west of Forest Hills, 1933-present
 * E 1933-1937, to 8th local
 * EE 1937-1937?, Forest Hills to Crosstown local (rush hours)
 * E 1937-1940?, Jamaica to 8th local (non-rush hours)
 * GG 1937-1940??, Forest Hills to Crosstown local (rush hours)
 * GG/G 1940-1995?, Forest Hills to Crosstown local
 * G 1995?-2001, Forest Hills to Crosstown local (weekdays)
 * G 2001-present, Forest Hills to Crosstown local (non-weekdays)
 * V 2001-present, Forest Hills to 6th local (weekdays)


 * Local-express, 1937-present
 * E 1937-1940?, Jamaica to 8th local-express (rush hours)
 * E 1940-1988, Jamaica to 8th local-express
 * E 1988-present, Archer to 8th express (local-express non-weekdays)


 * Full express, 1940-present
 * F 1940-1950, Parsons to 6th express
 * F 1950-196x, Jamaica to 6th express (express east of Parsons rush hours only)
 * F 196x-1988, Jamaica to 6th express (rush hours; later midday express west of Parsons)
 * F 196x-1988, Jamaica to 6th local-express (non-rush hours; later non-weekdays)
 * F 1988-ca. 1990, Forest Hills to 6th express??
 * F ca. 1990-2001, Jamaica to 6th local-express
 * F 2001-present, Jamaica to 63rd local-express


 * 60th Street Tunnel, 1955-present
 * QB 1955-1961, Forest Hills to 60th local (weekdays)
 * RR 1961-1967, Forest Hills to 60th local (weekdays)
 * EE 1967-1976, Forest Hills to 60th local (weekdays)
 * N 1976-1987, Forest Hills to 60th local
 * R 1987-1988, Forest Hills to 60th local
 * R 1988-ca. 1990, Jamaica to 60th local
 * R ca. 1990-present, Forest Hills to 60th local

Queens Boulevard "sights"
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) Barry

Second most crowded line?
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)

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