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  2. History of the New York City Subway - Wikipedia

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    In April 1986, the New York City Transit Authority began to study the possibility of eliminating sections of 11 subway lines because of low ridership. The segments are primarily located in low-income neighborhoods of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, with a total of 79 stations, and 45 miles of track, for a total of 6.5 percent of the system.

  3. Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    The tubes stretch 9,117 feet (2,779 m) from portal to portal, [4] making them the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnels in North America. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] At the time of its opening, the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel was the longest underwater vehicular tunnel in the US and the second-longest in the world, behind the Queensway tunnel under the ...

  4. List of bus routes in Brooklyn - Wikipedia

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    A 2018 XN60 (1108) on the B35 local at Flatbush’s Church Avenue/East 18th Street in January 2019, set to short-turn at McDonald Avenue. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of bus routes in Brooklyn, New York, United States; one minor route is privately operated under a city franchise.

  5. Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) - Wikipedia

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    MRT network map. The Mass Rapid Transit system, locally known by the initialism MRT, is a rapid transit system in Singapore and the island country's principal mode of railway transportation. The system commenced operations in November 1987 after two decades of planning with an initial 6 km (3.7 mi) stretch consisting of five stations.

  6. Hertha BSC - Wikipedia

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    Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., [1] commonly known as Hertha BSC (German pronunciation: [ˈhɛʁtaː beː ʔɛs t͡seː]) [6] or Hertha Berlin, [7] is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf of Berlin.

  7. Marlon Brando - Wikipedia

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    Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and activist. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time, [1] he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

  8. Operation Market Garden - Wikipedia

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    Operation Market Garden. Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion ...

  9. Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia

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    Zoroastrianism (Persian: دین زرتشتی, romanized: Din-e Zartoshti), also known as Mazdayasna and Behdin, is an Iranian religion. Among the world's oldest organized faiths, it is based on the teachings of Iranian prophet Zarathustra—commonly known by his Greek name Zoroaster —as set forth in the primary religious text called the Avesta.