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Re: A Question about the Lower Montauk Branch |
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Posted by Brighton Private on Wed May 6 15:51:38 2009, in response to Re: A Question about the Lower Montauk Branch, posted by andy on Wed May 6 15:09:11 2009. It may also be of some historical interest to the questioner that, prior to the connection to Penn Station, the Lower Montauk was the main passenger line between Long Island City and Jamaica, connecting with ferries to Manhattan. During that time, stations at places such as Glendale looked a lot better than they did in more recent times.During that pre-Penn Station period, the predecessor to what is now the main line was primarily a freight carrier, connecting with the car float gantries on the East River. When the main line was rebuilt and connected to Penn Station, the roles flipped, and the Lower Montauk, which ran along the highly industrialized Newtown Creek, became chiefly a freight carrier. Back in the days when the LIRR handled a respectable amount of freight, there was no reason to load more passenger traffic onto that line. |
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