TheNEW YORK DIVISION BULLETIN - JULY, 2003 Bulletin New York Division, Electric Railroaders’ Association Vol. 46, No. 7 July, 2003 The Bulletin CONCOURSE IND OPENED 70 YEARS AGO Published by the New The Concourse IND, which opened 70 years C—205th Street-Bergen Street: green/green York Division, Electric th Railroaders’ ago, Saturday, July 1, 1933, cost $44 million, CC—205 Street-Chambers Street: white/ Association, including $11,476,000 for cars at $38,000 white Incorporated, PO Box each. The first cars, 101-110, were delivered CC—Bedford Park Boulevard-Chambers 3001, New York, New to 207th Street Yard on August 8, 1930, long Street: green/white York 10008-3001. before the Eighth Avenue Subway was CC—Tremont Avenue-Chambers Street: opened on September 10, 1932. All 800 R-1 white/green and R-4 cars were in service on June 7, The July 3, 1933 schedule provided for C For general inquiries, contact us at 1933. trains operating during extended rush hours
[email protected]. The first construction contracts were let making Concourse express stops in the di- early in 1928 and most of the work was com- rection of heavy traffic. C trains departed Editorial Staff: pleted by 1932. But the scheduled January 1, from 205th Street between 6:33 and 11:26 AM 1933 opening was postponed because the and from Bergen Street between 3:30 and Editor-in-Chief: city was unable to appropriate $200,000 to 6:50 PM. CC trains operated to Chambers Bernard Linder install lighting and other equipment. When Street at all times and to 205th Street when C News Editor: the civic groups complained, the Board of trains were not running.