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Re: May 11, 1975. . .End of the Culver shuttle |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun May 13 16:07:19 2007, in response to Re: May 11, 1975. . .End of the Culver shuttle, posted by Edwards! on Sun May 13 15:48:45 2007. And of all the el abandonments of this "era", this one made the least sense. Both the Myrtle and 3rd Ave. lines were very old, obsolete and in very bad shape. One could argue that the cost didn't justify retaining either of these lines. The Culver shuttle was hardly used and was also in pretty bad shape physically. But the Jamaica Ave. el was modern, as modern as any of the elevated lines used today. The only thing it really needed was to have the wooden platform at 168th replaced, but the MTA spent even more doing the same at all the old Fulton St. island platforms shortly after the el was cut back. I can't even justify this cutback from the perspective of the big stores which advocated it. It hurt them as well. Why then did it happen? Who profitted? |
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