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The Q Broadway Express is a service of the 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. It is the most extensive public transportation system in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world with 468 stations and 656...
New York City Subway. It is colored yellow since it uses the BMT Broadway Line through midtown Manhattan. It has the same service 24 hours a day, running express in Manhattan and local in Brooklyn from 57th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue. The following lines are used by the Q: Service history
| | | | | R27 end rollsigns (later said just BROADWAY[1] (http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?1758)) | | | | 1967-1979 bullet (in a circle) | | The designation Q was first used on newly-arrived R27 class equipment in 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January - State of emergency is lifted in Kenya - Mau Mau Rebellion is officially over January 1 - Independence of Cameroon January 9 - Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt January 14 - Ralph Chubb, the...
1960 to describe the service of the Brighton Beach Express (No. 1 in BMT nomenclature). This service was similar to the current Q service, except that it ran express in both Brooklyn and Manhattan between approximately 6 am and 9 pm on weekdays, and terminated at Brighton Beach is a community on Coney Island in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. It is bounded by the community of Coney Island proper on the west, Manhattan Beach on the east, and the Atlantic Ocean on the south. Brighton Beach was developed as a beach resort in...
Brighton Beach rather than Coney Island. At the same time, using the 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. For operational purposes, the IND is merged with the BMT...
Independent Subway System protocol of using double letters to designate local trains, the Brighton Beach Local was signed as QT or QB, the first being used for daytime trains that operated through the Montague Street Tunnel to Manhattan, and the latter used for locals that operated over the Manhattan Bridge when the Q did not run. The current Q service is virtually identical to the former QB service, though today it runs at all days and hours. -
Station listing For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above. Q trains run all the time. | Station | Services | | For other uses, see Manhattan (disambiguation). Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. It is one of the five boroughs that comprise the City of New York. The borough is coterminous with New York County and includes the Island of Manhattan, as well as several other smaller islands...
Manhattan | | 57th Street | N Q R (1234) W (123a) | | 42nd Street-Times Square | N Q R (1234) W (123a) 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 express service runs in the...
7 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 express service runs in the...
<7> (1a2a3b) S (1234) The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored red since they use the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line; their routes are equivalent to said line. For more information on the line, including history, see that...
1 The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red, since it uses the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 2 service run all the time. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and local elsewhere; at late nights...
2 The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red, since it uses the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 3 service run all the time except late nights; it always runs express through Manhattan and local elsewhere. During...
3 (1234) The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored red since they use the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line; their routes are equivalent to said line. For more information on the line, including history, see that...
9 (1) The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored blue, since they use the IND Eighth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. The longest one-seat ride on the subway system is on the A, 31 miles (50...
A The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored blue, since they use the IND Eighth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. The longest one-seat ride on the subway system is on the A, 31 miles (50...
C (1234) The E Eighth Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored blue since it uses the IND Eighth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Jamaica Center-Parsons Boulevard to World Trade Center, running express through Queens and local through...
E The Port Authority Bus Terminal is the main gateway for interstate buses into Manhattan in New York City. The bus terminal is a large building located in Midtown, one block west from the Times Square neighborhood, between 8th and 9th Avenues and 40th and 42nd Street. The terminal serves both...
Port Authority Bus Terminal | | 34th Street-Herald Square | N Q R (1234) W (123a) B (123a) The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Norwood-205th Street Street in the Bronx to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue (BMT West End...
D F V (123) A drawing of the northern of the two underground junctions on the New Jersey side. The two western tracks at the bottom were never built. PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) is an electric railroad linking Manhattan, New York with New Jersey, and providing service to Jersey City, Hoboken, Harrison, and...
PATH | | 14th Street-Union Square | N Q R (1234) W (123a) L The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 4 service run all the time. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and Brooklyn and local elsewhere; at late...
4 The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 5 service run all the time, though they are majorly cut back during late nights. The usual pattern is express...
5 (1234) The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 5 service run all the time, though they are majorly cut back during late nights. The usual pattern is express...
<5> (1a) The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 6 service run all the time; the usual pattern is local service on the whole route. Some midday and rush...
6 The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 6 service run all the time; the usual pattern is local service on the whole route. Some midday and rush...
<6> (12) | | Canal Street | N (1234) Q N (5) R (1234) W (123a) The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 4 service run all the time. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and Brooklyn and local elsewhere; at late...
4 (5) The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 6 service run all the time; the usual pattern is local service on the whole route. Some midday and rush...
6 The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 6 service run all the time; the usual pattern is local service on the whole route. Some midday and rush...
<6> (12) J M (12) Z (1a) | | For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). The Brooklyn Bridge in 1890, seven years after its opening Kings County in New York State Brooklyn is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City. With about 2.5 million inhabitants, it would be the fourth largest city in the...
Brooklyn | | DeKalb Avenue | B (123a) Q M (1) N (5) R (1234) | | Atlantic Avenue | B (123a) Q The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red, since it uses the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 2 service run all the time. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and local elsewhere; at late nights...
2 The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red, since it uses the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 3 service run all the time except late nights; it always runs express through Manhattan and local elsewhere. During...
3 (1234) The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 4 service run all the time. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and Brooklyn and local elsewhere; at late...
4 The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 5 service run all the time, though they are majorly cut back during late nights. The usual pattern is express...
5 (1) The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 5 service run all the time, though they are majorly cut back during late nights. The usual pattern is express...
<5> (1a) The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Norwood-205th Street Street in the Bronx to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue (BMT West End...
D M (1) N R (1234) The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, and the oldest railroad still operating under its original name. Key terminals The LIRR has two major terminals and two minor...
LIRR | | Seventh Avenue | B (123a) Q | | Prospect Park | B (123a) Q S | | Parkside Avenue | Q | | Church Avenue | B (123a) Q | | Beverley Road | Q | | Cortelyou Road | Q | | Newkirk Avenue | B (123a) Q | | Avenue H | Q | | Avenue J | Q | | Avenue M | Q | | Kings Highway | B (123a) Q | | Avenue U | Q | | Neck Road | Q | | Sheepshead Bay | B (123a) Q | | Brighton Beach | B (123a) Q | | Ocean Parkway | Q | | West Eighth Street-New York Aquarium | Q F | | Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue | Q F The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Norwood-205th Street Street in the Bronx to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue (BMT West End...
D | edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:NYCS_navbox&action=edit) 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. It is the most extensive public transportation system in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world with 468 stations and 656...
New York City Subway (official site (http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/subway/)) | | Services | The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored red since they use the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line; their routes are equivalent to said line. For more information on the line, including history, see that...
1 The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red, since it uses the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 2 service run all the time. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and local elsewhere; at late nights...
2 The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored red, since it uses the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 3 service run all the time except late nights; it always runs express through Manhattan and local elsewhere. During...
3 The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 4 service run all the time. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and Brooklyn and local elsewhere; at late...
4 The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 5 service run all the time, though they are majorly cut back during late nights. The usual pattern is express...
5 The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 6 service run all the time; the usual pattern is local service on the whole route. Some midday and rush...
6 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 express service runs in the...
7 The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored red since they use the Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line; their routes are equivalent to said line. For more information on the line, including history, see that...
9 The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored blue, since they use the IND Eighth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. The longest one-seat ride on the subway system is on the A, 31 miles (50...
A B The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored blue, since they use the IND Eighth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. The longest one-seat ride on the subway system is on the A, 31 miles (50...
C The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored orange since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Norwood-205th Street Street in the Bronx to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue (BMT West End...
D The E Eighth Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored blue since it uses the IND Eighth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Jamaica Center-Parsons Boulevard to World Trade Center, running express through Queens and local through...
E F G J L M N Q R V W Z | | Shuttles (S) | 42nd Street - Franklin Avenue - Rockaway Park | | Unused/defunct | 8 was a designation given to several IRT services of the New York City Subway. Astoria Line R12 end rollsign The 8 label was first used for the Astoria Line, which opened on February 1, 1917 as an extension of the Queensboro Line (now part of the Flushing Line) from...
8 10 11 12 13 H K P T U X Y JFK Express BMT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | | Divisions | 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 IRT was purchased by the City in 1940. The former IRT lines (the numbered lines in the current...
IRT - 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...
BMT - 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. For operational purposes, the IND is merged with the BMT...
IND ( This article or section should include material from Independent Subway System#The IND Second System 1929 plan The IND Second System was a plan for a major expansion of the city-owned Independent Subway System in New York, New York. Very little of it was built, though pieces were sometimes...
Second System) | | Lists | Lines - Services - These are the stations on the New York City Subway system. If a numbered road appears in the name, it is sorted by that number; if it has two numbered roads, it is sorted by the street. See list of New York City Subway terminals for terminal stations only. 1...
Stations - Terminals - Inter-division connections - Inter-division transfers - Yards | | Miscellaneous | Accessibility - Dual Contracts - Chaining - The Three Systems and the One The subway as it exists today is a consolidation of three separate and competing systems. Interborough Rapid Transit Company The Interborough Rapid Transit or IRT was the first of these systems to operate subway service, following more than twenty years of public debate on...
History - Nomenclature - Rolling stock - Straphanger is a nickname for someone who is a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support. Or more generally a commuter who uses public transportation. External Links The Straphangers Campaign - is group that advocates the improvement of NYC Subway system. Categories: New York City Subway...
Straphanger | | New York City boasts the most extensive network of public transportation in the United States. Responsibility for providing public transportation falls to a variety of government agencies and private corporations. Amtrak provides long-distance commuter rail connections via Pennsylvania Station and the Northeast Corridor to Boston, New England, Upstate New...
Other transit in NYC | Amtrak is the name of an intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. Amtrak is an independent for-profit corporation, but its board is entirely controlled by the United States government through presidential appointment and Senate confirmation. Some Amtrak stock is outstanding, though it...
Amtrak - The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. It is the busiest commuter railroad in the United States, and the oldest railroad still operating under its original name. Key terminals The LIRR has two major terminals and two minor...
LIRR - Metro-North (officially MTA Metro-North Railroad) is a suburban commuter railroad running service from New York City to the northern suburbs in New York State and Connecticut. Trains run as far as Amenia, New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, and New Haven, Connecticut. Metro North also provides local service within...
Metro-North - New Jersey Transit Arrow III at West Windsor, NJ Hudson-Bergen Light Rail vehicle at 2nd Street station New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) is a statewide public transportation system serving the U.S. state of New Jersey. It operates bus, light rail, and commuter rail services throughout the state. NJ...
NJ Transit - A drawing of the northern of the two underground junctions on the New Jersey side. The two western tracks at the bottom were never built. PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) is an electric railroad linking Manhattan, New York with New Jersey, and providing service to Jersey City, Hoboken, Harrison, and...
PATH - Staten Island Railway (SIR) or Staten Island Rapid Transit (SIRT) is a rapid transit line operating in the Borough of Staten Island, New York City, USA. Officially the Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA), the SIR is a direct subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York) (MTA). SIRTOA...
Staten Island Railway - Airtrain at JFK. Note aluminum strip between rails. AirTrain JFK is a 13 km (8.1 mile) light rail system connecting ten points within John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Jamaica Station on the Long Island Railroad and the New York Subway E, J and Z lines, as well...
AirTrain - The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway (suspended cable car) in New York, New York, United States of America, connecting Roosevelt Island to Manhattan. It was built in 1976 by the Swiss company Vonroll. It was originally built as a temporary transportation solution as the subway to the island...
Roosevelt Island Tramway | External links - MTA NYC Transit - Q Broadway Express (http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/qline.htm)
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References - Line By Line History (http://members.aol.com/bdmnqr2/linehistory.html)
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