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Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon) |
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Posted by randyo on Fri Jan 13 16:32:32 2012, in response to Re: Abandoned Utica Ave Upper Level (Pix Coming Soon), posted by Elkeeper on Fri Jan 13 15:50:26 2012. The problem was that until 1940, the BMT was still operating the Canarsie Line and trying to run the A to Canarsie would have required the city to build some sort of subway infrastructure east of Rocky Av and if a different route had been ultimately decided on which it was, that the city would have had additional expenditures to build an additional route. As it was, the BMT did run a service from the 14 St line to Lefferts with the Multis once it saw the handwriting on the wall that the Fulton St el would be truncated somewhere around the Bway Jct area once the city subway got that far. As it turned out, after the 1940 unification, Fulton was truncated at Rockaway Av to give passengers from Lefferts an opportunity for a pseudo continuous ride to downtown Bkln by transferring to the IND. Once unification had been achieve, the city was able to decide on a final routing for the IND Fulton St subway which also included the connection that was ultimately made S/O Euclid. Had the subway been able to be opened at least as far as ENY before the war, I would imagine that the spur to Rocky Av would have been demolished and all Fulton service routed down Lex which was actually done during rush hours in the form of the Fulton/Lex service. As it turned out, once the IND did make it to ENY, Late nigh and Weekend Fulton service was routes into E/Pky and the Rock Av spur closed during those times. |
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