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The third and last major stage of NYC Rapid Transit System was the Independent Subway, which opened in stages between 1933 and 1940. It completed the transition from private to public operation, as it was both built and operated by the city.
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Roess, R.P., Sansone, G. (2013). The Independent Subway. In: The Wheels That Drove New York. Springer Tracts on Transportation and Traffic, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30484-2_10
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