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Re: MTA Internal 1970 Route Proposals |
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Posted by randyo on Mon Jun 17 16:14:06 2013, in response to Re: MTA Internal 1970 Route Proposals, posted by renee gil on Mon Jun 17 16:06:16 2013. That proposal totally destroyed the traditional lettered BMT/IND route combinations by lettering the numbered IRT routes. I have a photo of an R-1 mockup likely made circa 1930 which showed a number in the route sign box . It seems that prior to the adoption of the single/double letter route system, it was intended that the IND continue the BMT's route naming system that was established circa 1923. Considering the large number of routes on the combined BMT/IND Division it would have been more logical to use numbers for the BMT/IND routes since those route would eventually see greater expansion and use letters for the IRT. either that or just use route numbers for everything since there is a limited number of letters but numbers are virtually limitless. |
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