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Re: June 28, 1956 |
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Posted by randyo on Sun Jun 29 22:02:12 2008, in response to Re: June 28, 1956, posted by Jeff Rosen on Sun Jun 29 21:54:53 2008. Despite the April fool photo that shows up from time to time, 76 Street was never opened to passenger service and was never intended to be a terminal since the proposed switch layout was not designed for it. The post WWII plans called for the separation of the Fulton and Rockaway sevices to be at Euclid, not Rockaway Blvd. For some reason, which we will probably never know, it was decided to construct a diversion S/O Rockaway Blvd which we know as Liberty Junction. It may have been something as simple as cost since the Liberty Jct flyover was probably a lot cheaper than continuing the subway down Pitkin Av and constructing a portal in the vicinity of Aqueduct which was the original post WWII plan. |
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