Editing Dual Contracts (section)

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[[File:NYCS H System 1904-1918.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The original "H" system that predated the contracts]]
The '''Dual Contracts''', also known as the '''Dual Subway System''', were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the [[New York City|City of New York]]. The contracts were signed on March 19, 1913, by the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company]] and the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]]. As part of the Dual Contracts, the IRT and BRT would build or upgrade several subway lines in New York City, then operate them for 49 years.

Most of the lines of the present-day [[New York City Subway]] were built or reconstructed under these contracts. The contracts were "dual" in that they were signed between the City and two separate private companies. Both the IRT and BRT (later [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]], or BMT) worked together to make the construction of the Dual Contracts possible.