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Re: Question: Why No Station at 188th Street/Hillside Avenue? |
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Posted by Handbrake on Wed Aug 16 21:53:30 2017, in response to Re: Question: Why No Station at 188th Street/Hillside Avenue?, posted by Elkeeper on Wed Aug 16 20:16:39 2017. Negotiations of a lease of the LIRR Whitestone Branch took place in 1915. The negotiated yearly lease was negotiated at $125,000.00, and with public support of a two fare zone to entice the IRT, and BRT to run trains on the LIRR RoW. Eventually an agreement was reached with the NYC, The LIRR, IRT, and BRT but by late 1917 the plan fell apart due to politics, as usual.A 1928 plan to sell the Whitestone RoW to NYC BoT went no where. Too bad, the 1939 IND World's fair Subway would have made a nice connection to the Whitestone RoW, but a very long ride for commuters had it happened. A link to Routes Not Taken" is below. https://books.google.com/books?id=-_gVDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=LIRR+whitestone+branch+lease+to+IRT&source=bl&ots=KMYmi4rdNw&sig=iobk4yLmXIEyIdjvkYiQDQ29BhY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib8aH8jt3VAhVm7IMKHfeLBVc4ChDoAQg2MAM#v=onepage&q=LIRR%20whitestone%20branch%20lease%20to%20IRT&f=false |
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