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   Message 1,708 of 3,014   
   Peter T. Daniels to Clark F Morris   
   Re: record daily ridership   
   12 Jan 16 20:22:48   
   
   From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 9:31:56 PM UTC-5, Clark F Morris wrote:   
   > On Tue, 12 Jan 2016 09:57:12 -0800, Phil Kane   
   >  wrote:   
   > >On Sun, 10 Jan 2016 10:37:57 -0800 (PST), hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:   
   > >>On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:29:07 AM UTC-5, Phil Kane wrote:   
      
   > >>> Even then there were free transfers between systems of subway lines at   
   > >>> many points.   
   > >>Could you give some examples of pre-1948 inter-divisional transfers?    
   Thanks.   
   > >Broadway Junction (BMT) - Broadway East New York (IND)   
   > >Union Square (BMT) - 14th St. (IRT Lex)   
   > >Rockaway Avenue (IND) - (BMT Fulton St. El)   
   > >Franklin Avenue (IND - BMT Shuttle)   
   > >Essex Street (BMT) - Delancey Street (IND)   
   > >Herald Square - 34th Street (BMT - IND)   
   > >Times Square - 42 Street (BMT) - IND)   
   > Times Square would have been BMT - IRT.  The IND was outside of the   
   > fare zone in the 1960s.   
      
   I think the tunnel was there all along, but it wasn't free at first.   
   Same with the long tunnel connecting at 14th St.?   
      
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