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Posted by SLRT on Sun Aug 21 21:10:52 2011, in response to Re: Brighton Express, posted by randyo on Sun Aug 21 17:00:36 2011. I believe the bottom line was that, by having two local services, they could cut the frequency of each service since the station coverage would still be tolerable.But, since the end of World War II this was the classic way that the BofT and then the TA worked toward eliminating a service altogether. It was relatively rare to just cut out a line and service altogether and all at once. The falling ridership caused by the cutbacks was an extra excuse to cut service further. A fairly large illustration of that was the 3rd Avenue el. IIRC the sequence was that first they cut the South Ferry branch, then the City Hall branch. This left the 3rd ending at Chatham Square, a southern destination almost no one would want as terminal. This left the 3rd essentially as a relief line for the Lexington for trips going north from 14th and midtown. Finally IIRC, they cut out weekend and nighttime service before the final axe fell in 1955. |
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