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Posted by Michael549 on Sun Apr 26 12:25:20 2015, in response to Re: why are subway lines in southern Brooklyn mostly overground?, posted by Elkeeper on Sun Apr 26 10:59:13 2015. In addition to every thing else that was said here:a) There's the issue of funding, and funding cut-offs! Notice how the Flatbush Avenue station is built on the #2 and #5 lines in Brooklyn. The station was NOT intended to be the terminal, but that was where the funding stopped. In addition look closely at the Utica Avenue station, the local tracks were to veer off headed down Utica Avenue while the express tracks were to head to New Lots Avenue. The cut-off of funding stopped the building of the Utica Avenue subway line well before the IND lines were even en-visioned. All of this history is contained in the NYC-Subway.org website. (Please note that even in recent times - funding cutoffs remain a problem - the Archer Avenue subway lines were not intended to end where they do now. The none building of the 41st Street-10 Avenue station for the #7 train. Even the #7 train ending at Flushing-Main Street are all examples of funding cutoffs. The cut-off of funding explains the non-building of the IND Second System, and the various bulk-heads and portions not completed. The are several sections of the current IND system where it is clear that the lines were intended to go further than they go now.) b) The Culver and West-End elevated lines all tied into the BRT's Fifth Avenue Elevated line at the 9th Avenue station, all BEFORE the BRT/BMT's Fourth Avenue subway was built! Elevated lines were cheaper to build compared to subways in areas where there was less population, water table issues, etc. Mike |
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