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Posted by WillD on Thu May 21 08:03:19 2015, in response to Re: NYC Rail networks—bursting at seams?, posted by randyo on Wed May 20 15:11:05 2015. NCL didn't merely target streetcar lines. They gutted the PE and Key systems in California. Those were far larger and more established networks than some of NYC's elevated lines. Hell, the PE ran actual subway services on a four track main line and that did nothing to prolong their longevity. NYC would probably have held on to the subway lines, and maybe a few els, but NCL would have seen to it that much of the el network was replaced with collector buses or something similar. You seem to be laboring under the delusion NCL was concerned about providing requisite service. They weren't. They were trying to run the services into the ground so everyone would give up, buy a car, and drive. What better way than to squeeze an entire el line on a few paltry bus services?If the IRT and BMT had not been unified with the IND you'd have a bare skeleton of the network NYC now features by the time NCL got done carving it up. |
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