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Re: [PHOTOS] LIRR Manhattan Beach Branch

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Apr 22 08:17:05 2019, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] LIRR Manhattan Beach Branch, posted by chicagomotorman on Mon Apr 22 07:51:07 2019.

By 1924 the Brighton Line was the subway.

The MB had a roundabout route via East New York to LIC. Once there, one had to take a ferry to East 34th Street, and then be left high and dry on the far east side, needing to take a streetcar (probably two) or the 34th Street El to the 2nd or 3rd Avenue els, requiring multiple fares and more time than the cheaper 5 cent Brighton trains that ran all the way up Broadway to Times Square via express and to Lexington Avenue via local. There was no way for the MB to compete.

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