![]() ![]() Between 19 the surface railways transported anĪverage of 372.5 million passengers, four percent less than the 1904 The elevated roads carried only one percent fewer patrons than inġ904. The patronage of the IRTĮlevated division declined for several years after 1904, but in 1907 Surface lines remained crowded after 1904. Lines and to the thousands of long-distance passengers who now take ![]() Subway opened, a great relief will be afforded to overcrowded elevated Railways, 1902, the Bureau of the Census predicted that once the The subway failed to provide the expected relief for the congested Of patrons is increasing yearly and the maximum carrying capacity is Arnold, a consulting engineer, reported in 1908, "the number 6 "Although the present subway is nowĬarrying more passengers than it was originally designed to carry,"īion J. Mark in 1908 and reached 1.2 million six years The daily passenger traffic surpassed the 800,000 By opening new stations, modifying technical features, andĪltering existing stations, the Interborough managed to pack more Of the subway, the Interborough announced that the line was nearing On the first anniversary of the completion Inĭecember 1904 the IRT averaged 300,000 passengers each day. Most observers agreed that the patronage in 1904 was too great. Turner, anĪssistant engineer for the Rapid Transit Commission during the IRTĬonstruction, the subway builders originally planned on a maximumĬapacity of 400,000 riders per day. October, 1904 that the subway was designed for a maximum dailyĬapacity of 600,000 passengers. General manager of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company, said in The subway traffic was greater than anticipated. Lines eventually, but in 1900, the one subway under construction was The Rapid Transit Commission intended to construct more rapid transit Grows to a volume that requires additional means of transportation to Other lines they apparently create traffic, which sooner or later New facilities not only open up additional avenues of travelĪnd thereby can - and often do - relieve congestion existing upon It has long been recognized thatĪ permanent solution of the rapid transit problem in a growing cityĬannot be secured by the development of a single route of high speed Transit lines for service in the densely populated districts of largeĬities is the effect of these additional facilities upon the volume of One of the most interesting features of opening new rapid Generated more passenger traffic then they could comfortably Making travel faster and more convenient than before, new railways New lines not onlyĭrew passengers from old lines but also created their own traffic. Introduction of a rapid transit railway into an expanding city oftenĭid not free the existing lines of congestion. The Rapid Transit Commission and the Belmont interests expected the Have been designed to handle much larger crowds than existing stationsĭuring the next decade, the overcrowding of the IRT argued stronglyįor the development of additional transit facilities in New York. Record and Builders Guide said on November 5, "the Subway should Were packed to the limit, and station platforms were Train moved along the line, but the crowds never diminished, The cars ![]() ![]() The enthusiasm quickly ended because of overcrowding. Two city blocks for an opportunity to play with the "new toy." But Hundreds of thousands waited in lines as long as Tribune announced the "birth of (the) subwayĬrush." 1 New Yorkers welcomed the subwayĮagerly at first. The day after the IRT opened on October 27, 1904, the New York Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey, Library of Congress. The Historic American Engineering Record of the Heritage ConservationĪnd Recreation Service at all times be given proper credit. It is understood thatĪccess to this material rests on the condition that should any of itīe used in any form or by any means, the author of such material and Government andĪre considered to be in the public domain. The records in HAER were created for the U.S. Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC. Photo by David Sagarin, Historic American Engineering Record, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, August 1978. View of the side platform on the uptown side at 96th Street station. ![]()
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