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DAILYnNEWS Qyns MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 1977 XQ I kkJ News photos by Jack Clarify I Tnir Old wooden Dlatform at 1681h St. station will come under wrecker's I I ball during demolition. I 11 2Zi-'J J2f 111 14L I 1 X.1 El passengers will have to climb downstairs at Queens Blvd. station to board special buses for trip along Jamaica Ave, to 168th St.

Elevated transit service will stop at Queens Blvd. station. head through Jamaica after years at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. The termtaattea affect on mile of vated structure through th Jamaica business district.

Trains will terminate at the Queen Blvd. station, where free transfers to the new bus rvute win be issued. Buses wfll run eing Jamaica stopping at Sutphin 16tXh St. and l3tfa St and tbea make a loop via Merrick Blvd. ta terminal at 19SCh St the MTA announced.

The stops will not be those used by ottier buses. Westbound passeagers boarding the bus will pay the fare oo the bus and receive a free transfer to the subway. Ttrmlaef XteMtfy ItMvafW The new transfer bus will be designed the Q-49. The MTA said buses would leave the terminal points every two or minutes dosing rusb hours. In iate night hours buses will meet each arriving train, the MTA said.

The Queens Blvd. station was renovated during the past year at a cost of $2.2 million to serve as a Reaction In Jamaica ranged from delight to caution. Andrew Jenkins, chairman of Community Board 12. said he was "terribly happy, to see daylight is something we've been seeking for a long time. I'd like to see the work done But City Councilman Archie Splgner (D-Jamalca) was more reserved.

"The ideal solution would have been to keep the el running until the new subway is in service, but I recognize that those planning the redevelopment need some immediate sign that the government is serious about those plans that nave been publicized." he said. 4.9 Millii RWrs In If 61 Spigner said he would watch closely to see that fte substitute bug service is "as adequate as possible." said the bus connection through Jamaica would delay commuters 20 minutes. The MTA said that th Jamaica line carried 4 9 million passengers in 1969 and was still carrying 2.7 million last year. Most of them transfer from or to bus routes, primarily lines that also connect with ttie INT) subway on HiHside according to the MTA. Suhwav trains will atvn TUrtWin iIabu Vhm in-.

By WILLIAM BUTLER The long-awaited demolition of the Jamaica El will be signaled next Sunday with the termination of subway aervice beyond the Queens Blvd. station. A limited-top. free-transfer new bus will be provided from the Queens Blvd. station along Jamaica Ave.

to 168th according to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Demolition of the El long sght by Jamaica business and planning officials was hailed as a "dramatic Improvement" that would provide a shot In the arm to efforts to revitalize the downtown Jamaica district. The MTA gave no commitment for a date when demolition would start, however, and officials could not be contacted last night for comment Demolition is to be handled by th city. JtMct Is VmrM The BMT elevated service is to be tied Into the Archer Ave. subway extension, now under construction one block south of the elevated line along Jamaica Ave..