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The Astoria Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, serving the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. Subway redirects here; for the restaurant named Subway, see Subway (restaurant). ... A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... South Ferry station 125th Street station The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ... Astoria, New York is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of Queens, New York. ...

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The Astoria Line is served by two services, the N and W. The N runs all the time, and the W runs from morning rush hour through early evening. No services use the center express track. The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ...

The north end of the Astoria Line is a two-track terminal at Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard, with one island platform. South of the station, the center express track begins (with crossovers to allow trains relaying at Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard to reach the correct track). The next station, Astoria Boulevard, is the only express station on the three-track section.

North of Queensboro Plaza, the express track ends. Queensboro Plaza is set up with northbound trains on the upper level, southbound trains on the lower level, and cross-platform transfers to the IRT Flushing Line. Crossover tracks exist between the upper level tracks just north of the station, one of a few connections between the BMT/IND and IRT. After Queensboro Plaza, the line turns west and merges with the 60th Street Tunnel Connection to become the BMT Broadway Line via the 60th Street Tunnel. The Flushing Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway system, operated as part of the IRT Division. ... A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... The Independent Subway System (IND, formerly ISS), and even earlier the Independent City-Owned Subway System (ICOS) or Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad was one of the three systems that is now part of the New York City Subway. ... The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ... The 60th Street Tunnel Connection (also known as the 11th Street Connector[1]) is a short connecting line of the New York City Subway System connecting the BMT 60th Street Tunnel under the East River (which connects to the Broadway-BMT Line) with the IND Queens Boulevard Line west of... The Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway system. ...

History

The Astoria Line was originally part of the IRT, as a spur off the IRT Queensboro Line, now part of the IRT Flushing Line (which didn't open to the north until April 21, 1917). The whole Astoria Line north of Queensboro Plaza opened on February 1, 1917, and was used by trains between Grand Central and Astoria. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ... The Flushing Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway system, operated as part of the IRT Division. ... April 21 is the 111th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (112th in leap years). ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Grand Central-42nd Street is a major hub in the New York City Subway, and was the second busiest station in 1994. ...

On July 23, 1917, the Queensboro Bridge spur of the elevated IRT Second Avenue Line opened. At that time, all elevated trains to Queensboro Plaza used the Astoria Line, and all subway trains used the Corona Line (now the Flushing Line), though this was later changed with trains alternating between branches. July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Aerial view of the Queensborough Bridge and Midtown Manhattan, New York The Queensboro Bridge is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. ... Subway redirects here; for the restaurant named Subway, see Subway (restaurant). ...

The 60th Street Tunnel opened on August 1, 1920, allowing BMT trains to reach Queensboro Plaza. However, the stations on the Astoria and Corona Lines were built to IRT specs, which the BMT cars were too wide for. Thus the BMT trains terminated at Queensboro Plaza. On April 8, 1923, the BMT using elevated cars started running shuttles along the Astoria Line (numbered BMT 8 in 1924) and the Corona Line (BMT 9). The IRT lines were numbered in 1948, 7 being assigned to the Flushing Line (former Corona Line) and 8 the Astoria Line. August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1920 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) Events January January 7 - Forces of Russian White admiral Kolchak surrender in Krasnoyarsk. ... A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ... April 8 is the 98th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (99th in leap years). ... 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 7 Flushing Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local service along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line, with express service (7 Flushing Express) denoted by a diamond-shaped 7 train logo rather than a circular one. ... 8 was a designation given to several IRT services of the New York City Subway. ...

Only a year later, on October 17, 1949, the Flushing Line became IRT-only, and the platforms on the Astoria Line were shaved back to allow through BMT trains to operate on it, the first being the Brighton Local (BMT 1). (The IRT Second Avenue Line spur to Queensboro Plaza closed on June 13, 1942.) Since then, the Astoria Line has hosted the "other end" of various services running from Brooklyn through Manhattan; see B, N, Q, R, T and W for details. October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1942 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The B Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The T is the future designation of service on the planned Second Avenue Subway line. ... The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ...

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Every station is served by the N and W, the latter of which runs only from morning rush hour through early evening. The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ...

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The 7 Flushing Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local service along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line, with express service (7 Flushing Express) denoted by a diamond-shaped 7 train logo rather than a circular one. ... The 7 Flushing Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local service along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line, with express service (7 Flushing Express) denoted by a diamond-shaped 7 train logo rather than a circular one. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The Flushing Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway system, operated as part of the IRT Division. ... The 60th Street Tunnel Connection (also known as the 11th Street Connector[1]) is a short connecting line of the New York City Subway System connecting the BMT 60th Street Tunnel under the East River (which connects to the Broadway-BMT Line) with the IND Queens Boulevard Line west of... Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway system. ... The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... South Ferry station 125th Street station The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ... IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line Brooklyn Branch 42nd Street Shuttle Dyre Avenue Line Eastern Parkway Line Flushing Line Jerome Avenue Line Lenox Avenue Line Lexington Avenue Line Nostrand Avenue Line White Plains Road Line BMT 63rd Street Line Archer Avenue Line Astoria Line Brighton Line Broadway Line Canarsie Line Culver... The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original New York Subway line that opened in 1904 and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York. ... The Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, also known as the IRT West Side Line, is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway. ... The Lenox Avenue Line is one of the IRT lines in the New York City Subway, mostly built as part of the first subway system. ... The White Plains Road Line is a rapid transit line of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, serving the central Bronx. ... The Dyre Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway, as part of the IRT division. ... The Lexington Avenue Line (sometimes called the Lex or the IRT East Side Line) is one of the major IRT lines in the New York City Subway. ... The White Plains Road Line is a rapid transit line of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, serving the central Bronx. ... The Dyre Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway, as part of the IRT division. ... The Eastern Parkway Line, sometimes called the New Lots Line, is a line of the New York Subway in Brooklyn. ... The Flushing Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway system, operated as part of the IRT Division. ... Current bullet R12 end rollsign 1967-1968 and 1968-1977 bullets (in a circle) The 42nd Street Shuttle (also Grand Central-Times Square Shuttle) is a line and service of the IRT division of the New York City Subway. ... The Third Avenue Line was an elevated railway in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City, USA. It passed into the ownership of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and eventually the New York City Subway system before being closed in sections from 1950 to 1973. ... The IRT Ninth Avenue Line, often called the Ninth Avenue Elevated, was the first elevated railway in New York City, first opened in 1868 as the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway, a cable-hauled line. ... A 1914 map showing what was at the time the proposed expansion for the BRT. The only major differences from what was built is that a new 60th Street Tunnel was used rather than the Queensboro Bridge, the Manhattan-side Brooklyn Bridge connection was never built, and several lines ended... The Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway system. ... View from the East River Cross section The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn. ... The Nassau Street Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York City Subway system. ... The Myrtle Avenue Line, also called the Myrtle Avenue Elevated, is a fully elevated line of the New York City Subway, as part of the BMT division. ... The Brighton Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City. ... The BMT Culver Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, running from Coney Island through Gravesend to Ditmas Avenue, where it becomes the IND Culver Line. ... Route designation on BMT Triplex equipment The Sea Beach Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, connecting the BMT Fourth Avenue Line subway via a four-track wide open cut to Coney Island in Brooklyn. ... Route designation on BMT Triplex equipment The West End Line, now a subway line in Brooklyn, New York City, is a branch line from the Broadway ( Manhattan)-Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn) subway, serving the communities of Borough Park, New Utrecht, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach and Coney Island. ... The Canarsie Line, sometimes called the 14th Street-Canarsie Line, is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York City Subway system, named after its Brooklyn terminus in the Canarsie neighborhood. ... R1 end rollsign R27 end rollsign for BMT shuttles 1967-1968 and 1968-1979 bullets (in a circle) The S-Franklin Avenue Shuttle is a shuttle train service of the New York City Subway operating in Brooklyn, New York. ... The BMT 63rd Street Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway system. ... Currier & Ives print (1877) Brooklyn bridge, 1890 View from the East River (2002) Cross section Brooklyn approach with elevated BMT and streetcar tracks and trains, ca. ... The Lexington Avenue Elevated (also called the Lexington Avenue Line) was the first standard elevated railway in Brooklyn, New York, operated in its later days by the BRT, the BMT and then the City of New York. ... The Independent Subway System (IND, formerly ISS), and even earlier the Independent City-Owned Subway System (ICOS) or Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad was one of the three systems that is now part of the New York City Subway. ... The Sixth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the IND division of the New York City Subway system, running mostly under Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. ... A 1941 view of a sign for the Eighth Avenue Subway The Eighth Avenue Line is the original rapid transit line of the Independent Subway System (IND), now run by the New York City Transit Authority as part of the New York City Subway system. ... The Concourse Line is a subway branch line of the New York City Subway system, extending from 205th Street in the Norwood section of the Bronx to join with the Eighth Avenue Line at 145th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. ... The Queens Boulevard Line is a fully underground line of the New York City Subway, as part of the IND division. ... The IND 63rd Street Line is a rapid transit line of the IND division of the New York City Subway system. ... Fulton St. ... The IND Culver Line is a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway, extending from the Rutgers Street Tunnel under the East River to the BMT Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue (which continues to Coney Island). ... The Crosstown Line is a rapid transit line of the IND division of the New York City Subway. ... The Worlds Fair Railroad was a branch of New York Citys Independent Subway System, now the IND division of the New York City Subway, serving the 1939 New York Worlds Fair. ... The New York City Subway was formed from three different systems, the IRT, BMT and IND. For operational purposes, the IRT is A Division and the BMT and IND make B Division; however, common usage calls the three systems divisions. ... The Chrystie Street Connection is a major connecting line of the New York City Subway System, and is one of the few connections between lines of the BMT and IND divisions. ... The 60th Street Tunnel Connection (also known as the 11th Street Connector[1]) is a short connecting line of the New York City Subway System connecting the BMT 60th Street Tunnel under the East River (which connects to the BMT Broadway Line) with the IND Queens Boulevard Line west of...

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