independent operation. Thus, as of March 1907, the following lines were operated with elevated trains: Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Brighton Beach Line, Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Coney Island via Long Island Rail Road Manhattan Beach Division to Manhattan Beach Broadway Line, Broadway Ferry, Williamsburg to Cypress Hills via incline and Long Island Rail Road Atlantic Avenue Division to Jamaica, Queens; also via Rockaway Beach Division to Rockaway Park, Queens Canarsie Line, Broadway Ferry, Williamsburg to Canarsie Landing Fifth Avenue Line, Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Bay Ridge Fulton Street Line, Park Row, Lower Manhattan to City Line Lexington Avenue Line, Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Cypress Hills Myrtle Avenue Line, Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Ridgewood, Queens Nassau Electric Railroad West End Line, Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Coney Island (operated by the Brooklyn Union Elevated north of 36th Street); the Nassau Electric also operated 86th Street Line trolleys on the West End Line south of Bath Beach Sea Beach Railway Sea Beach Line, Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Coney Island (operated by the Brooklyn Union Elevated north of 36th Street, and by the Sea Beach over Nassau Electric trackage rights on the West End Line between 36th Street and Bath Junction); the Sea Beach also operated trolleys west of Bath Junction South Brooklyn Railway Culver Line, Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Coney Island (operated by the Brooklyn Union Elevated north of 36th Street); many trolleys were also operated over the line The Sea Beach Railway was soon leased by the Brooklyn Union Elevated, but the other two lines — the Culver and the West End — continued to be operated separately. On November 30, 1912, the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, Canarsie Railroad, and Sea Beach Railway merged to form the New York Consolidated Railroad. The New York Municipal Railway was incorporated on September 27, 1912, in order to lease the BRT lines built by the city under Contract 4 of the Dual Contracts. This lease was made for 49 years from January 1, 1917. Under the terms of the contract, the two systems were to be operated as one, and the city had the right of recapture, under which it could take back the lines it owned for city operation after ten years. Contract 4 elevated lines were completed above the West End tracks in 1917 and the Culver tracks in 1920, ending elevated operations on the surface.