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Bath Junction was originally a railroad junction and station on the New York & Sea Beach Railway, (Sea Beach Line) located near the current intersection of New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street in Brooklyn, New York City to describe its junction with the Brooklyn, Bath & Coney Island Railroad (West End Line). This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ... A junction may variously refer to: In road transport, a road junction. ... BMT Sea Beach Line - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... The term intersection can mean: a road junction, where two roads intersect each other, such as a roundabout intersection; in mathematics, the set in which two or more other sets intersect each other; see intersection (set theory); a movie; see Intersection (movie). ... The Brooklyn Bridge in 1890, seven years after its opening Kings County in New York State Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... The West End Line, now a subway line in Brooklyn, New York City, is a branch line from the Broadway (Manhattan)-Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn) subway, serving the communities of Borough Park, New Utrecht, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Coney Island. ...


The West End Line initially described the same location as Sea Beach Junction, but the term Bath Junction was soon used by both roads.


After both lines were rebuilt as rapid transit lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, now part of the New York City Subway system, the name Bath Junction was dropped. The current stations at this location, with a common station house but no track connection, are known as 62nd Street on the West End Line and New Utrecht Avenue on the Sea Beach Line. Metro and Subway redirect here. ... The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was a transportation holding company formed in 1896 to acquire and consolidate transit facilities in Kings County, now Brooklyn, New York. ... The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ...


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