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  2. History of the Long Island Rail Road - Wikipedia

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    The MTA had announced in October 2002 that it had planned to merge the LIRR and the Metro-North Railroad into a new entity, to be called MTA Rail Road, [181] a merger which required approval by the New York Legislature. It was announced in 2007, however, that the planned merger was rejected and will not be further pursued. [citation needed]

  3. British Security Co-ordination - Wikipedia

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    BSC operated from the 35th and 36th floors of the International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York during World War II. British Security Co-ordination (BSC) was a covert organisation set up in New York City by the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in May 1940 upon the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.

  4. Blue Line (MBTA) - Wikipedia

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    A streetcar at Atlantic Avenue (now Aquarium) station in 1906. The East Boston Tunnel under Boston Harbor was the first North American subway tunnel to run beneath a body of water when it opened in 1904, [2] and the second underwater vehicular tunnel of significant length built in the United States.

  5. Portal (series) - Wikipedia

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    Portal is a series of first-person puzzle-platform video games developed by Valve.Set in the Half-Life universe, the two main games in the series, Portal (2007) and Portal 2 (2011), center on a woman, Chell, forced to undergo a series of tests within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center by a malicious artificial intelligence, GLaDOS, that controls the facility.

  6. B84 (New York City bus) - Wikipedia

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    The Flatlands Avenue Line, consisting of the B84, is a public transit line in Brooklyn in New York City, running mostly on Flatlands Avenue right between East New York and Spring Creek. The route began operating in 2013, replicating the B83 route in East New York through Jerome Street and Berriman Street.

  7. 'Hack' Bypasses MTA's Fancy New Anti-Fare Evasion Gates ...

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    “The MTA has a multi-layered approach to deterring fare evasion, driven by a blue-ribbon panel’s report, that includes a search for new fare gate technology, police officers, private guards ...

  8. Turnstile Jumpers Face New Hurdles With MTA Plan For Taller ...

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    Turnstile Jumpers Face New Hurdles With MTA Plan For Taller Turnstiles - New York City, NY - A redesign to New York City's iconic turnstiles could be coming as MTA officials claim fare evasion ...

  9. M116 (New York City bus) - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Omnibus Corporation bus started the route (M20-20) on April 1, 1936, to replace the New York Railways' 116th Street Crosstown Line streetcar. It has largely remained the same, with the exception of in 1993, when it, along with some other Manhattan crosstown routes, had their designations changed, with the M20 becoming the M116.