1 7 and 9 trains don’t normally terminate at 149th Street-Grand Concourse nor do they go there they usually terminate at Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street and at Flushing-Main Street also the 8 train used to run to 149th Street but at the elevated 3rd Avenue-149th Street station but was eliminated completely on April 29th 1973 but this has a catch of what the 8 train’s route should’ve looked like when it comes back to service which would be between Brooklyn College-Flatbush Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street (lower level if there was one) it would go on the 5 line between Flatbush Avenue and Dyre Avenue then would go on its own between East 207th Street and 233rd Street then go on the 2 line between 233rd Street and 241st Street then it would take White Plains Road to Bronx Boulevard then would head down the Bronx River Parkway to Mosholu Parkway Allerton Avenue and head on Allerton Avenue to Southern Boulevard then would go on the viaduct over Mosholu Parkway between Southern Boulevard and Van Cortlandt Avenue East then would go on Van Cortlandt Avenue East between Mosholu Parkway and Bainbridge Avenue passing East Mosholu Parkway North then would go on Bainbridge Avenue between Van Cortlandt Avenue East and Jerome Avenue then would take Jerome Avenue to the 233rd Street Bridge passing Jerome Avenue-East 233rd Street and would go overboard from the bridge onto the viaduct over the Major Deegan Expressway between East 233rd Street and Van Cortlandt Park South then would go over the viaduct on Van Cortlandt Park South between the ramp to get on the Deegan/getting off the Deegan and Broadway then would take the lower level underneath the 1 train on Broadway to Van Cortlandt Park-242nd Street also if there’s ever a subway series game at Yankee Stadium the 7 train would go on the 4 line between Grand Central-42nd Street and 161st Street-Yankee Stadium also the 3 used to go on the 4 line between 167th Street and either Burnside Avenue or Fordham Road from Anderson-Jerome Avenues located near East 162nd Street if it was game day or night at Polo Grounds the 3 would shuttle people from 167th Street Burnside Avenue or Fordham Road and 155th Street-Polo Grounds it would take the Jerome Avenue line to the ramp south of 167th Street and north of 161st Street-Yankee Stadium and loop next to East 162nd Street and head into the Anderson-Jerome Avenues station then would head out to the Sedgwick Avenue station and then into the 155th Street-Polo Grounds station, the 9th Avenue El was discontinued with the 2nd Avenue El the 3rd Avenue El the 6th Avenue El and the Myrtle Avenue El the 3 train would sometimes pay a visit to its old adjoining line on Jerome Avenue north of 161st Street-Yankee Stadium and would head up to Burnside Avenue as an old timer train ride just without the rest of the 9th Avenue line still around except for the stub of the 162nd Street-Jerome Avenue ramp now sitting just 0 feet 1 inch away from the new Yankee Stadium I believe at Gate 3 and this is seen on Jerome Avenue if you go almost underneath the current 4 train line just a little bit north of the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station and this portion of the old 162nd Street ramp stub is still visible if you go to Yankee Stadium just around the 161st Street-Yankee Stadium station you’ll see if you head up towards East 163rd Street and Jerome Avenue the stub sitting there to this day ever since the final day of demolition of the legendary 9th Avenue El this was done after the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles and the New York Giants moved to San Francisco and I’m not talking about the New York Giants NFL team I’m talking about the New York Giants MLB team which is the team that moved out of NYC with the Dodgers and moved in to California in Los Angeles and San Francisco just across the Golden Gate Bridge from each other now the 2nd 3rd 6th and Myrtle Avenue El’s didn’t go to an MLB ballpark at the time and never will.
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