Andrew Culver (railroad)
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Andrew R. Culver was the president of the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad. The line came to be known as the "Culver Route" or "Culver Line", and the name is still in use: the elevated line
that replaced it, and the newer subway line that connects to it are today called the Culver Line.
Elevated railway
An elevated railway is a form of rapid transit railway with the tracks built above street level on some form of viaduct or other steel or concrete structure. The railway concerned may be constructed according to the standard gauge, narrow gauge, light rail, monorail or suspension railway system...
that replaced it, and the newer subway line that connects to it are today called the Culver Line.