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Re: Question - Dyre Avenue Line

Posted by Mark S. Feinman on Mon Sep 12 14:23:38 2011, in response to Re: Question - Dyre Avenue Line, posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Sep 12 02:59:22 2011.

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From my history of the IND on nycsubway.org:


... funding was appropriated for extension of the Bronx Concourse Line beyond its current 205th Street terminal. However, Bronx residents favored rehabilitation of the New York, Westchester and Boston line from the city limits at Dyre Ave, abandoned since December 31st, 1937. As a result, these funds were diverted to rehabilitation of the NYW&B, connecting it to the White Plains Road line as a shuttle service. Using signals from the abandoned Fulton Street El, the Dyre Ave shuttle began service on May 15th, 1941. While it used IRT equipment, it was run as an IND Division line and staffed by IND crewmen.


So the answer to Joe's question is YES.

--Mark

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