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Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon) |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Jan 11 14:38:34 2012, in response to Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon), posted by randyo on Wed Jan 11 02:55:33 2012. While the connection to the LIRR and the continuation of the use of the Liberty El, as well as the extending of the Pitkin Subway were all planned from the beginning, I believe the connection to the LIRR was originally only supposed to take place from the Pitkin Subway, and not the Liberty El. They only did the connction from the Liberty el when they abandoned plans to extend the Pitkin Subway. While it would have made sense to operate both the extended Pitkin subway and the Liberty El, it wouldn't have made sense to connect both the liberty el and the Pitkin subway to the LIRR.This all said, it's still an amazing waste of money that they duplicated the fulton Line between Nostrand Ave and East New York. That was a perfectly good rebuilt el structure on that stretch, identical to the Broadway and Jamaica els. |
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