expansion Timeline

Decades

January 1, 1094 - Mayor McClellan takes first subway ride

People
- Mayor McClellan
- Contractor John B. McDonald
- Frederick Underwood, President of Erie Railroad
- Chief Engineer William Barclay Parsons
Most stations not quite complete yet
The Lenox Avenue line had also been built already
- Left via express tracks dropping below and east of local tracks north of 96th St
Source: "On Handcars Through Six Miles of Subway," The New York Times, January 2, 1904. link
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March 19, 1913 - Dual Contracts signed

People
- Theodore Shonts, President of IRT
- George McAneny, Manhattan Borough President
New York Municipal Railway was subsidiary of Brooklyn Rapid Transit (later BMT)
Source: "Subway Contracts Solemnly Signed," The New York Times, March 20, 1913. link
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June 3, 1917 - Seventh Avenue Subway spur to 34th St opens

Pennsylvania Terminal was expected to be a local station
"When complete the road will convey a passenger without change from Van Cortland Park to New Lots, on Long Island."
New track said to be smoother than old track and had a raised footpath built alongside the track, in case of emergency
IRT officials opened 8-block spur to handle daily traffic to Pennsylvania Station
Source: "Open Subway Spur to 34th Street," The New York Times, June 4, 1917. link
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1964 - 63rd St Tunnel Location Debated

CBC thought tunnel on 61st St would lead to better East Side IRT and future line connections
Source: "Proposed Subway Tube Assailed As 'Nowhere-to-Nowhere' Lin," The New York Times, December 16, 1964. link
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September 21, 1968 - Board of Estimate approves Second Avenue Subway and 11 other new routes

Program cost of $1.26bil was to be split
- $600mil from state from bond issue ($2.5bil approved by voters in November 1967)
- $500mil from city, "borrowed through its capital-budget allocations"
- rest from federal
Changed SAS plan from four track to two tracks
Source: "City Approves 2d Ave. Subway And 11 Other New Transit Line," The New York Times, September 21, 1968. link
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August 1969 - Regional Transportation Program

Highlights expansions and improvements as part of Mayor John Lindsay's "Program for Action"
Source: "Regional Transportation Program," Metropolitan Transportation Authority, August 1969. link
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December 16, 2001 - 63rd St Tunnel Connection Opens

Start of V service was delayed by 9/11
V to run between Forest Hills-71 St and Second Avenue on the Lower East Side
Expected to increase service on Queens Boulevard by up to 20%
Uses $645mil tunnel connecting Queens Boulevard lines to 63 St Tunnel
Source: "New Subway Line To Start," The New York Times, November 28, 2001. link
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