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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Jan 4 13:45:19 2009, in response to Re: Why was 179th St/Jamaica 13 years late?, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Jan 4 12:25:12 2009. It was Rockaway Ave. that was a bad intermediate terminal, which is why Broadway-ENY was the first station opened when construction on the IND resumed in 1945.Why it was so easy to open Broadway-East New York was because once the war was over, and metal was once again available, all they had to do is lay the tracks and finish the signalling system. The station itself was already all tiled and ready to go, even when Rockaway Ave was the termporary terminal. The unfortunate part was that there were no tracks, and the wiring wasn't done yet, and metal wasn't available. That's also why Bway East New York is also done in the old style tiles, as it was done already when the line west of there was done. |
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