 The service advisory discontinuing 6 service 6 was the 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's designation for trains that used the BMT Fifth Avenue Line (labeled the Fifth Avenue-Bay Ridge Line).
When numbers were assigned in 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 7 - Great fire in London harbour January 8 - Heavy blizzards in England January 10 - British submarine L-34 sinks in the English Channel - 43 dead. January 21 - Vladimir Lenin dies and Joseph Stalin...
1924, 6 was assigned to trains between Sands Street (on the Brooklyn side of the The Brooklyn Bridge (originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge), one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States, stretches 6016 feet (1834 m) over the East River from Manhattan to Brooklyn and was the first steel_wire suspension bridge in the world. Plan of one tower for the Brooklyn...
Brooklyn Bridge) and 65th Street, via the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, BMT Third Avenue Line and BMT Fifth Avenue Line.
Between 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January-March January 4 - Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 - Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 - Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the first Australian-born Governor-General of Australia January 25 - Mohandas...
1931 and 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 - Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying...
1937, all service except rush hour and Saturday morning service was truncated to 36th Street, where transfer could be made to a Culver Line ( R1 end rollsign R27 end rollsign The Culver Shuttle was a service of the New York City Subway system, running along the BMT Culver Line. It had formerly been a through service between Manhattan and Coney Island, known as the BMTs 5 service. The 5 number was assigned in...
5) train to downtown Brooklyn. On May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years). There are 214 days remaining. Events 1500-1899 1578 - Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England, destined to mine fools gold at Frobisher Bay, which is used to pave streets in London. 1779...
May 31, 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 5 - FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time. January 6 - World War II: Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the Poznan, Warthegau. January 12 - World War...
1940, the BMT Third Avenue Line and BMT Fifth Avenue Line were closed, ending all 6 service.
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 The Q Broadway Express is a service of the 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...
1 Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored yellow, since it uses the Broadway-BMT Line in midtown Manhattan. Normal service is local from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Bay Ridge-95th Street; during late nights it...
2 The T is the future designation of service on the planned Second Avenue Subway line. T trains will make stops along Second Avenue from 125th Street in Harlem to Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan. R1 end rollsign R27 end rollsigns 1967-1979 bullet (in a circle) The designation has previously...
3 The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored yellow since it uses the BMT Broadway Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard to Gravesend-86th Street (one stop short of Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue due to...
4 R1 end rollsign R27 end rollsign The Culver Shuttle was a service of the New York City Subway system, running along the BMT Culver Line. It had formerly been a through service between Manhattan and Coney Island, known as the BMTs 5 service. The 5 number was assigned in...
5 6 7 8 9 Current bullet The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored brown since it uses the BMT Nassau Street Line in downtown Manhattan. The M runs all the time. During evenings, late nights and weekends, it acts as a shuttle from Metropolitan...
10 Current bullet The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored brown since it uses the BMT Nassau Street Line in downtown Manhattan. The M runs all the time. During evenings, late nights and weekends, it acts as a shuttle from Metropolitan...
11 12 was the BMTs designation for trains that used the BMT Lexington Avenue Line. The BMT assigned numbers to its services in 1924, and 12 was applied to trains between Park Row and Eastern Parkway via the Brooklyn Bridge, BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, BMT Lexington Avenue Line and BMT...
12 R1 end rollsigns The service advisory discontinuing 13 service west of Rockaway Avenue 13 was the BMTs designation for service on the BMT Fulton Street Line (not to be confused with todays IND Fulton Street Line, which uses a portion of the old BMT line at its east...
13 K (and the earlier KK) was the label for two completely different New York City Subway services. Broadway (Brooklyn) Line R1 end rollsign The KK started out as the BMTs 14 in 1924, when the BMT assigned numbers to their services. The 14 was known as the Canarsie Line...
14 The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored brown since they use the BMT Nassau Street Line in Manhattan. The J runs all the time, from Jamaica Center-Parsons Boulevard to Broad Street (except on weekends...
15 The L 14th Street-Canarsie Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local along the full length of the BMT Canarsie Line, 24 hours a day. The service is colored gray as the only route to use the Canarsie Line. For more information on the service...
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 |
References
- NYCsubway.org - Historical Maps (http://nycsubway.org/maps/historical/)
- BMT-Lines.com - Service/Maps (http://www.bmt-lines.com/maps.html)
- B.M.T. 'El' Lines to Shift Service; City to Close 2 Sections This Week, The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. It is owned by The New York Times Company, which also publishes other major newspapers like International Herald Tribune and The Boston Globe, among...
New York Times May 27, 1940 page 19
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