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Re: 40% of LIRR Manhattan Passengers now using Grand Central Madison |
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Posted by Joe on Wed Feb 26 17:57:34 2025, in response to Re: 40% of LIRR Manhattan Passengers now using Grand Central Madison, posted by alm on Wed Feb 26 09:39:15 2025. When the Pennsylvania RR opened Penn Station to LIRR trains in 1910, the Pennsy added a surcharge to the Long Island City fare, the surcharge perhaps because of the added mileage and maybe a tunnel construction toll. For the next fifty years, LIRR passengers avoided the surcharge when they went to LIC, Hunterspoint Avenue, or Flatbush Avenue. After a few years of MTA ownership, LIRR fares to those three terminals were raised to the Penn Station tariff.--- A neighbor worked at the Federal Reserve in lower Manhattan. She traveled on the LIRR to Flatbush Avenue and walked only a few steps to the IRT turnstiles. Quickly, she reached Wall Street station, three short blocks from her job. I suspect that when Flatbush Avenue fare was raised to the Penn Station price, Flatbush Avenue lost customers. |
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