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THE JAMAICA ELIMINATION
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ON MARCH 8, 1913 JE TOWER WAS CLOSED AND TRACKS 3,4,5 AND 6 IN THE OLD STATION WERE REMOVED
FROM SERVICE. WESTWARD TRAINS USED NUMBER ONE TRACK AND EASTWARD NUMBER TWO TRACK.
IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A STATION CLOSER TO THE AREA SERVED
BY THE OLD ONE A STOP WAS CREATED AT UNION HALL STREET.
THE NEW JAMAICA STATION AND UNION HALL
STREET STATION OPENED MARCH 9, 1913
A NEW EMPLOYE TIME TABLE, NUMBER 68, WENT INTO EFFECT
EMPLOYE TIME TABLE NUMBER 73 OF MAY 27 1914 LISTS UNION HALL STREET STATION ON THE MONTAUK DIVISION FOR WESTBOUND TRAINS. THERE WAS NO PLATFORM FOR EASTBOUND MONTAUK DIVISION TRAINS.
WESTWARD MONTAUK DIVISION TRAINS
UNION HALL STREET BRIDGE AND STATION LOOKING EAST CIRCA 1927
UNION HALL STREET STATION LOOKING EAST FROM THE BRIDGE OCTOBER 5, 1929
UNION HALL STREET STATION LOOKING WEST CIRCA 1927
NEW YORK AVENUE GRADE CROSSING AND UNION HALL STREET STATION LOOKING WEST CIRCA 1927
UNION HALL STREET STATION LOOKING NORTHWEST JUNE 20, 1919
THE NEW JAMAICA STATION OPENED MARCH 9, 1913
THE FOLLOWING SCANS SHOW THE TRACK ARRANGEMENT APPROACHING THE NEW STATION.
MARCH 10, 1913
THE THREE TEMPORARY APPROACH TRACKS
BY DECEMBER 16, 1912 WORK HAD STARTED ON THIS WOOD TRESTLE
BY DECEMBER 31 WORK HAD REACHED ROCKAWAY ROAD
BETWEEN DECEMBER 31, 1912 AND JANUARY 13, 1913
AUGUST 30 (?) 1913 - THE CONCRETE ABUTMENTS ARE COMPLETE, STEEL BRIDGES IN PLACE AND
THE WOOD TRESTLE EAST AND WEST OF THE CROSSING HAS BEEN FILLED IN WITH SYOSSET SAND.
JANUARY 26 1915 THE WOOD VIADUCT REMAINS WERE STILL EVIDENT
APRIL 2, 1913 - THE THREE TEMPORARY APPROACH TRACKS
BY MAY 14, 1913
THIS TRAIN, PROBABLY A BROOKLYN LOCAL, IS ON THE LAYUP TRACK. (WE ASSUME) THE MOTORMAN HAS CHANGED ENDS AND IS AWAITING A SIGNAL TO PROCEED WEST INTO THE STATION'S LOCAL PLATFORM "C".
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