Editing IND Culver Line (section)

===Ditmas Avenue to Coney Island===
[[Image:Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue double-decker.jpg|thumb|225px|The Culver Line leaves [[Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (IND Culver Line)|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue]] underneath the [[BMT Brighton Line]]]]

At Ditmas Avenue, the Culver Ramp ends and the underground line becomes [[elevated railway|elevated]]. This is a three-track [[Dual Contracts]] [[elevated railway|elevated]] on the former [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation|BMT]] line over McDonald (formerly Gravesend) Avenue.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name="MTA-FExpStudy-May2016" /><ref name="NYTimes-OurGreatSubway-IND2ndSystem-1929" /><ref name="IND2ndSystem1929Map" /> Just before the station, the southbound local track merges into the southbound express track, while the northbound express track becomes the El's bidirectional center express track.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name="MTA-FExpStudy-May2016" /><ref name="MTA-GLineReview-Append-2013" /> During the 1990s and 2000s, the center express track in this section was occasionally used for non-revenue testing. After [[Avenue X (IND Culver Line)|Avenue X]] station, a ramp diverges to the surface for access to the Culver Yard of the [[Coney Island Yards]] complex. At this point the Culver Line narrows to a two-track structure bearing one more station–[[Neptune Avenue (IND Culver Line)|Neptune Avenue]]–before curving into [[West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium (IND Culver Line)|West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium]] station on Coney Island.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name="MTA-FExpStudy-May2016" />

Formally, the Culver Line ends as the track curve enters the lower level of the double-decked station along the [[BMT Brighton Line]]'s right-of-way, and the [[New York City Subway chaining|chaining]] track designation changes from [[Independent Subway System|IND]] tracks B1 and B2 to [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation|BMT]] tracks A1 and A2 of the Brighton Line. However, there is no longer a connection to the Brighton Line at this point, and for all practical purposes the Culver Line continues into tracks 5 and 6 of the [[Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (IND Culver Line)|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue]] Terminal.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name="MTA-FExpStudy-May2016" />

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