Suburban railways in Tokyo tend to promote tourism around their outer termini...what would this look like in Boston?
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Replying to @380kmh
A bunch of 19th century entrepreneurs went bust trying to make this happen in Coney Island
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Replying to @380kmh
Look at the NYC Subway map...all those lines to Coney Island were originally built as excursion lines https://www.amazon.com/How-Got-Coney-Island-Transportation/dp/0823222098 …
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right but it worked in the end, didn't it? just not when the area was still empty
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I can’t remember if they ever turned a profit. Certainly not for long, anyway
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No way they earned a profit if they tried to get more money out of attractions at Coney Island than out of fares for getting people there
4:54 PM - 3 Oct 2017
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