96 Street-Second Avenue (Q) - Photos Page 3

Excelsior on a beam above the platform.

The back of the platform newsstand celebrating its grand opening

A R68 Q train arrives, it will not leave the station in passenger service (next train on the opposite platform sign is accurate) instead all passengers will be kicked off and the train will continue north of the station up the tail tracks farther north towards 104 Street

The front of terminating R68 #5058

An empty track where the next train will come at 96 Street

The digital strip map for the next train to Coney Island in 9 minutes, and old school formatted signs for the Next Train

The destination signs of the R68s haven't been equipped to say 96 Street/2 Avenue, they just say Midtown 57 St/7 Av

The newsstand has been turned into a small but fancy Connectict-based mini coffee chain. You can even order your lattee to be picked up on a subway platform ahead! The QR code to order catering from a coffee stand on the subway feels particularly ironic

The elevator up to the mezzanine in the middle of the platform up to the very wide mezzanine, notice the concrete beams above since this station was built with cut-and-cover

Sign for the Q Broadway Express TO Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue and Late Nights Broadway Local

The blur of an entering R46 Q trian, the station now has the two oldest types of subway rolling stock, both are 30 and 40 years older than modern station

The incorrect destination sign of an R68 Q train terminating at 96 Street/2 Avenue, not 57 St/7 Av

R68 #5064 prepares to slowly head to the tail tracks north of the station to spend the night/the weekend

The back of an R68 Q train and a R46 #5808 across the platform

The back of a R46 Q train

The back of a R46 Q train that will soon be the front of the train for another trip to Coney Island

Looking across to R68 #5064 that will soon deadhead north of the station into the original 1970s Second Avenue Subway tunnel into the tail tracks north of the station

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