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His plan included "capturing" (or taking over) nearly 100 On August 28th, 1922, Hylan revealed his own plans for his subway Lines ended up being torn down in favor of the Independent lines. In fact, many of the lines the Independent opened were inĭirect competition with existing lines of the time, and those existing Wanted a subway run by the city "independent of the traction To get even with the private operators, he (the 5 cent fare was a losing proposition and could not be changed He regularly made itĭifficult for the IRT and BRT to expand their lines or obtain funding Mayor, he was in a position of power to get even.

Studying for the bar exam while employed at the BRT. That, as a young locomotive engineer for the Brooklyn Rapid TransitĬompany (BRT, predecessor to the BMT), he was fired because heĮxceeded the posted speed operating his train around a curve. Hylan was Mayor for two terms from 1918 to 1925. A 4-track line from Washington Heights to Lower Manhattan.The BMT's City Hall station, not the IRT's City Hall Loop) El inīrooklyn with City Hall in Manhattan (presumably the lower level of A new tunnel under the East River to connect the Fulton St.A "crosstown" Brooklyn line, from Queensborough Plaza in Queens toįulton Street in Brooklyn (today's IND Crosstown Line).Extending the BMT Broadway Line from 57th St./7th Ave.Extending the IRT/BMT Corona Line to Flushing (today's IRT Flushing Line).In May of 1922, the Transit Commission published a plan to create or Privately owned rapid transit subway and elevated lines. Plan to resolve the overcrowding and delays on the current lines inĪny manner it saw fit, including "recapturing" existing lines from the On AprilĢ5th, 1921, the New York Transit Commission was formed to develop a York buy out the privately owned Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT)Ĭompany and the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit (BMT) Corporation.

The idea behind unification was to have the City of New The word "unification" was very politically correct during

22 Post-Unification IND Division Time LineĪround the time the Independent was first conceived, in 1920, there.

21 Independent System Time Line, 1924 to 1940.

19 Independent Ideas From an Independent System.

17 Construction Begins Again (Fade to: The 1975 Fiscal Crisis).

MTA "Program for Action" (or, the IND Second System Revisited).

14 The IND Division Expands to the Rockaways.

13 General IND Expansion After World War II.

11 BMT + IRT + IND = A "Unified" System Under City Control.

8 The Independent's Expansion in the 1930s.

7 The Independent City-Owned System Opens For Business.

6 The Independent "Second System" Proposal of 1929.

3 The Board of Transportation's First Route Plan.

Subway in the days of private operation and the IND Division after This article describes the history of the Independent Subway to this day, and the event went relatively unnoticed by theĬity government. It was the last, great, major expansion of the Jimmy Walker, resigned just a week before the IND opened for businessīecause of charges of corruption. Wasn't even in office to see his plan reach fruition. Who put the entire idea into motion, former Mayor John F. Railroad (the Independent) opened at midnight that weekend. Without fanfare, orĪny major city ceremony, the Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Saturday, September 10th, 1932 marked a major milestone in theĬontinuing evolution of the New York City Subway. Car R-1 381 and contemporaries are seen on a fan trip in 2004. Original rolling stock at the original downtown local terminus of the 8th Avenue Independent Subway.