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Re: A Question about the Lower Montauk Branch |
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Posted by Bob Andersen on Wed May 6 12:33:37 2009, in response to A Question about the Lower Montauk Branch, posted by streetcarman1 on Wed May 6 11:37:19 2009. At various points in time the "Lower Montauk" was one ofthe busiest line on the LIRR.In 1854 the Flushing RR built from LIC to about Haberman then northeast towards Winfield and Flushing In 1868 the South Side RR built from Bushwick to Fresh Pond to Jamaica. In 1877, after all the RR's were combined into the LIRR, the connection from Haberman to Fresh Pond was made and the "Lower Montauk" was born. (the name "Montauk" comes from the fact that the South Side had gone into receivership and eventually re-emerged as the Brooklyn and Montauk RR) At one point (in the 1880's I think) the main line tracks from Woodside to Jamaica were torn up since the rails were needed elsewhere and the only way to get from Jamiaca to LIC was via the Lower Montauk. Once the East River tunnels were built, ferry service from LIC to Manhattan dropped drastically and the Lower Monauk was used less and less. |
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