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   Peter T. Daniels to houn...@yahoo.co.uk   
   Re: Columbus Avenue Station   
   02 Oct 17 10:18:59   
   
   From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 11:51:30 AM UTC-4, houn...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:   
   > On 02.10.17 4:53, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:   
   > > In article ,   
   > > hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk  wrote:   
      
   > >> Lastly, has Metro-North or the MTA examined the prospect of reactivating   
   > >> that station? At least three new stations have opened on the upper New   
   > >> Haven over the past 10 years, though I am sure that CDOT had something   
   > >> to do with that.   
   > > If I understand its location correctly, it would be less than a half   
   > > mile from the current Mt. Vernon East station and not much farther   
   > > than that from Pelham.  I'd be surprised if it attracted much traffic!   
   >   
   > You never know.   
   >   
   > Any pictures of this station when it operated? After NYW&B closed, however.   
      
   The first Chicago "L"s to be built had stations two blocks apart, because they   
   were competing with streetcars. Almost all of the increments have been changed   
   to four blocks = 1/2 mile.   
      
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