The BMT 63rd Street Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway system. It runs from a connection with the BMT Broadway Line at 57th Street and 7th Avenue north and east to Lexington Avenue-63rd Street, where it connects to the IND 63rd Street Line and ends. There are plans to continue it east and north to merge with the Second Avenue Line. 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. ... The Second Avenue Line, usually called the Second Avenue Subway (SAS), refers to a series of public works projects and engineering studies undertaken to construct a subway underneath Second Avenue in New York Citys borough of Manhattan. ...

Extent and service

The BMT line is only used for non-revenue moves, switching to the IND 63rd Street Line west of Lexington Avenue; it is planned to carry extended Q service onto the Second Avenue Line. It is occasionally used for revenue service as a bypass, and hosted shuttle service to Long Island City for a while during construction. The tracks are coded as BMT chaining route "G", the same as the 60th Street tunnel and Astoria Line as tracks G3 and G4 to distinguish them from the pre-exisiting G1 and G2 tracks, The BMT tracks end at bumper blocks east of Lexington Avenue and are to be connected to the Second Avenue Line in the future. The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The Second Avenue Line, usually called the Second Avenue Subway (SAS), refers to a series of public works projects and engineering studies undertaken to construct a subway underneath Second Avenue in New York Citys borough of Manhattan. ... In the U.S., Chaining is a method by which railroads precisely measure and specify locations along the line. ...

The two lines share only one point of contact, west of Lexington Avenue, where double crossovers allow northbound and southbound trains of either line to crossover to the other line. At Lexington Avenue, a double-decked station will allow cross-platform transfers between the two lines, similar to the arrangement at Queensboro Plaza. Trains to Queens (and later Upper Manhattan) use the upper level and trains to downtown Manhattan the lower level. Currently the BMT tracks are behind a wall on the platforms on each level, which will be removed when the tracks are active.

Background

The BMT line opened on October 29, 1989. October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Station listing

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External links

• NYCsubway.org - IND 6th Ave/63rd St Line (http://nycsubway.org/ind/6thave/)