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Re: Essex- After the IND |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Aug 25 20:16:26 2013, in response to Re: Essex- After the IND, posted by Elkeeper on Sun Aug 25 20:05:02 2013. Yes. Since the IND was originally meant to be Hylan's tool for putting both the IRT and BMT out of business, a Bedford Av subway more or less midway between the IRT Nostrand Av Line and the BMT Brighton Line would have assisted in accomplishing that purpose. By the time the IND construction was started, however, Hylan was out of office and the BMT was actually invited to operate the new subway which it declined to do unless it could raise the fare above a nickel. keeping that in mind, certain anti BMT projects like the Bedford Av subway were deferred to the point where it was not even a part of the IND "second system." Of course certain lines like Fulton St for example were being specifically designed to eliminate el structures in certain areas and since neither the BMT's Brighton Line nor the IRT's Nostrand line were els the idea of a Bedford subway became even less important than some of the others. |
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