The ERA Bulletin 2017-05
ERA BULLETIN — MAY, 2017 The Bulletin Electric Railroaders’ Association, Incorporated Vol. 60, No. 5 May, 2017 The Bulletin SECOND AVENUE SUBWAY PLANS Published by the Electric (CONTINUED FROM APRIL, 2017 ISSUE) Railroaders’ Association, Incorporated, PO Box City officials, who had been searching for North’s Grand Central Terminal. 3323, New York, New York 10163-3323. funds to build the subway, thought that they A year later, the city approved construction succeeded when the $500 million bond issue of eleven new subway routes, including the was approved in 1951. But they were disap- Second Avenue in three sections — Battery For general inquiries, or pointed when the money was diverted else- to 34th Street, 34th Street to 125th Street, and Bulletin submissions, where. In 1967, they were lucky; the State 125th Street to the Bronx. Included were the contact us at bulletin@ rd erausa.org. ERA’s Legislature appropriated $600 million for sub- 63 Street (Manhattan) crosstown where F website is way construction. This money was part of the and Q trains are operating, and the Archer www.erausa.org. $2.5 billion bond issue approved by the vot- Avenue Line with connections to EJZ. ers in a referendum. Instead of extending Also approved were several other lines that Editorial Staff: from the Battery to the Bronx, the new route Editor-in-Chief: were never built. Tracks from the existing Bernard Linder would have been a high-speed route built Second Avenue middle (F) and south of Ca- between 34th Street and the Bronx, where it Tri-State News and nal Street (E) would have been extended via Commuter Rail Editor: would have coordinated with the Lexington Ronald Yee separate river tunnels to a junction under S.
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