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Posted by SLRT on Sun Apr 26 13:03:28 2015, in response to Re: why are subway lines in southern Brooklyn mostly overground?, posted by Michael549 on Sun Apr 26 12:25:20 2015. 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!Just a bit of an anachronism there. The West End and Culver (and Sea Beach) surface lines tied into the 5th Avenue el west of 9th Avenue before the 4th Avenue subway was built. The 4th Avenue subway began operations on June 22, 1915. The West End elevated opened as a branch of the Fourth Avenue subway to 62nd Street on June 24, 1916 and with further extensions until it reached West End Terminal again. The Culver el didn't begin opening until 1919. It was 5th Avenue el only until 1931. The surface West End became a trolley-only line and the surface Culver carried many trolley services. |
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