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Posted by randyo on Wed Nov 25 17:32:59 2015, in response to Re: 48 Years Ago Today, posted by SelkirkTMO on Tue Nov 24 22:30:40 2015. The BMT wasn’t afraid to venture into the Bronx and it’s predecessor the BRT actually almost ended up with the Pelham and Jerome Lines. Due to a dispute between the IRT and the PSC over allotment of Bkln subway lines, the IRT withdrew from the dual contracts and since some of the Bx expansion lines as well as the Lex Av Line N/O Gr/Cent, plans were made to connect the BRT lines to the new structures under construction in the Bx and connecting the BRT Bway Subway to the Lex Av Line. When the IRT realized that it had more to lose by not getting the Bx els than by getting the 4 Av Subway in Bkln which it originally wanted, the company reentered negotiations and accepted its allotted Bkln lines in order to get the Bx els connected to its original lines. |
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