The Dual Contracts of 1913, also known as the Dual Subway System, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The majority of the lines of the present-day New York Subway were built or reconstructed under these contracts. Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A contract is any legally-enforceable promise or set of promises made by one party to another and, as such, reflects the policies represented by freedom of contract. ... Metro and Subway redirect here. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... 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 contracts were "dual" in that they were signed between the City and two separate private companies. Contract 3 was signed between the City and the IRT, operator of the original subway line in New York City. Contract 4 was signed between the City and the Municipal Railway Company, a subsidiary of the BRT (later BMT), formed especially for the purpose of contracting with the City for construction of the lines. 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 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was a transportation holding company formed in 1896 to acquire and consolidate transit facilities in Kings County, now Brooklyn, New York. ... 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...

Contracts 1 and 2 were the original subway contracts between the City and the IRT for the famous first subway. These contracts predated the Dual Contracts. 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. ...

Under the terms of Contracts 3 and 4, the City would build new subway and elevated lines and rehabilitate and expand certain existing elevated lines, and lease them to the private companies for operation. The cost would be borne more or less equally by the City and the companies. The City's contribution was in cash raised by bonded indebtedness, while the companies' contributions were variously by supplying cash, facilities and equipment to run the lines. This article describes subways as mass transit lines. ... Subway redirects here; for the restaurant named Subway, see Subway (restaurant). ...

Several provisions were imposed on the companies, which eventually led to their downfall and consolidation into the City-owned IND in 1940: 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. ...

• Fare was limited to five cents; this led to financial troubles after post-World War I inflation.
• The City had the right to "recapture" any of the lines it built, and run them as its own.
• The City was to share in the profits.

World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ...

IRT lines

1910 plan for IRT expansion

The following lines were built under the Dual Contracts for the IRT: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1414x3404, 294 KB) A 1910 plan for Interborough Rapid Transits subway/elevated system (Triborough System), from the New York Times, December 6, 1910, Four-Borough Lines Offered by Interboro. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1414x3404, 294 KB) A 1910 plan for Interborough Rapid Transits subway/elevated system (Triborough System), from the New York Times, December 6, 1910, Four-Borough Lines Offered by Interboro. ... 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. ...

• Astoria Line and Flushing Line
• Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line south of 42nd Street-Times Square and Brooklyn Branch
• Lexington Avenue Line north of 42nd Street-Grand Central
• Jerome Avenue Line
• Ninth Avenue Line from 155th Street to the Jerome Avenue Line
• White Plains Road Line north of 177th Street

The following lines were rebuilt with extra tracks: The Astoria Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, serving the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. ... The Flushing Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway system, operated as part of the IRT Division. ... 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. ... Times Square-42nd Street is the busiest station complaex of the New York City Subway, joining four lines, with a free transfer via a passageway to a fifth ( 42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal on the A C (1234) E (IND Eighth Avenue Line)). It lies under Times Square, at... 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. ... Grand Central-42nd Street is a major hub in the New York City Subway, and was the second busiest station in 1994. ... The White Plains Road Line is a rapid transit line of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, serving the central Bronx. ...

• Ninth Avenue Line from 125th Street to 155th Street (one new track)

BMT lines

1924 map of the BMT Dual Contracts lines

1911 plan, giving all the contracts to the BRT

All Manhattan and Queens BMT lines were built under the Dual Contracts, as were all subway and some elevated lines in Brooklyn. The following lines were built under the Dual Contracts for the BMT (or its predecessor, the BRT): Image File history File links Download high resolution version (696x978, 155 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Dual Contracts (New York City Subway) ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (696x978, 155 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Dual Contracts (New York City Subway) ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3530x1986, 1144 KB) A 1911 plan for Brooklyn Rapid Transits subway/elevated system, from the New York Times, July 21, 1911, The vote was not yet conclusive, and obviously this is not what was built. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (3530x1986, 1144 KB) A 1911 plan for Brooklyn Rapid Transits subway/elevated system, from the New York Times, July 21, 1911, The vote was not yet conclusive, and obviously this is not what was built. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ... Queens Borough in New York City Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City. ... 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... 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 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was a transportation holding company formed in 1896 to acquire and consolidate transit facilities in Kings County, now Brooklyn, New York. ...

• Astoria Line and Flushing Line east of Queensboro Plaza (trackage rights over IRT)
• Broadway Line
• 14th Street Eastern Line west of Broadway Junction
• Manhattan Bridge tracks and approaches
• Nassau Street Line south of Essex Street
• Myrtle Avenue Line east of Wyckoff Avenue (on surface line right-of-way)
• Brighton Line north of Prospect Park
• Fourth Avenue Line
• West End Line (on surface line right-of-way north of Bath Junction)
• Sea Beach Line (on surface line right-of-way south of Bath Junction)
• Culver Line south of West End Line
• Brighton Beach Line south of Sheepshead Bay
• Jamaica Line east of Cypress Hills
• Fulton Street Line east of Grant Avenue

The following lines were rebuilt with extra tracks: The Astoria Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, serving the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. ... The Flushing Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway system, operated as part of the IRT Division. ... Former and current track configurations Queensboro Plaza is an elevated station over Queensboro Plaza, at the east (Queens) end of the Queensboro Bridge, with Queens Boulevard running east from the plaza. ... A union station or union terminal is a train station where tracks and facilities are shared by two or more railway companies, allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them. ... 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 Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway system. ... 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. ... This elevated station is part of the BMT Canarsie Line, and is one of three connected stations bearing the name Broadway Junction. One can transfer to either the elevated BMT Jamaica Line station for J or Z trains or to the underground IND Fulton Street Line express and local station... 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 Fourth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, mainly running under 4th Avenue in the New York City Borough of Brooklyn. ... 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. ... Bath Junction was originally a railroad junction and station on the New York & Sea Beach Railway, (Sea Beach Line) located near the current intersection of New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street in Brooklyn, New York City to describe its junction with the Brooklyn, Bath & Coney Island Railroad (West End Line). ... BMT Sea Beach Line - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Bath Junction was originally a railroad junction and station on the New York & Sea Beach Railway, (Sea Beach Line) located near the current intersection of New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street in Brooklyn, New York City to describe its junction with the Brooklyn, Bath & Coney Island Railroad (West End Line). ... 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. ... 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 Brighton Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City. ... Body of water Sheepshead Bay is a bay separating the mainland of Brooklyn, New York City from the eastern portion of Coney Island, the latter orignally a barrier island but now effectively an extension of the mainland with peninsulas both east and west. ... The Jamaica Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York Subway. ... Fulton St. ...

• Jamaica Line from merge with line from Broadway Ferry (east end of Williamsburg Bridge) to Broadway Junction (one new track)
• Myrtle Avenue Line from Broadway to Wyckoff Avenue, including track connection to Jamaica Line (one new track)
• Fulton Street Line from east of Franklin Avenue to east of split from Canarsie Line, plus short piece of Canarsie Line north of Fulton Street Line (one new track)
• Brighton Line from Church Avenue to Prospect Park (two new tracks)

The Jamaica Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York Subway. ... Fireworks on opening night, 1903. ... This elevated BMT Jamaica Line station has three tracks with two island platforms. ... 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 Jamaica Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York Subway. ... Fulton St. ... 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. ... The Brighton Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City. ... The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... 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 A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The B Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The E Eighth Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The G Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Local is a service of the New York City Subway, and it is the only full line (excluding the Franklin Avenue and Rockaway shuttles) that does not provide service to Manhattan. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... 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. ... Current bullet The M Nassau Street Local 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 F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... Current bullet R1 end rollsign for IND specials R12 end rollsigns for the IRT R27 end rollsign for BMT shuttles 1968-1979 bullet for all shuttles (in a circle) Three services in the New York Subway are designated as S (shuttle). ... Current bullet R1 end rollsign for IND specials R12 end rollsigns for the IRT R27 end rollsign for BMT shuttles 1968-1979 bullet for all shuttles (in a circle) Three services in the New York Subway are designated as S (shuttle). ... 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. ... 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 S-Rockaway Park Shuttle is a shuttle train service in Queens, New York on the New York City Subway. ... 8 was a designation given to several IRT services of the New York City Subway. ... The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... R1 end rollsign R10 end rollsign 1967-1979 bullet (in a circle) Categories: New York City Subway stubs ... K (and the earlier KK) was the label for two completely different New York City Subway services. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... The T is the future designation of service on the planned Second Avenue Subway line. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... Several New York City Subway service labels have never been used, but have appeared on rollsigns. ... 1978 brochure Ticket Train In The 1980s The JFK Express, advertised as The Train to The Plane, was a premium-fare service of the New York City Subway connecting midtown Manhattan to Howard Beach-JFK Airport on the IND Rockaway Line, where a bus connected to JFK Airport. ... 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 N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ... 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. ... The service advisory discontinuing 6 service 6 was the BMTs designation for trains that used the BMT Fifth Avenue Line (labeled the Fifth Avenue-Bay Ridge Line). ... 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. ... Current bullet The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... Current bullet The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... 12 was the BMTs designation for trains that used the BMT Lexington Avenue Line. ... 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... K (and the earlier KK) was the label for two completely different New York City Subway services. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... 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 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. ... 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. ... 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. ... 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... Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ... These are the stations on the New York City Subway system. ... This is a list of terminal stations on the New York City Subway, in other words stations where services terminate. ... 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 following free transfers exist between the three divisions of the New York City Subway ( IRT/ IND/ BMT). ... The following rail yards serve the New York City Subway: 36th-38th Street Yard - on the BMT West End Line 137th Street Yard - on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line East 180th Street Yard - on the IRT White Plains Road Line 207th Street Yard - on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue... The accessible stations and lines Very few stations on the New York City Subway are handicapped accessible; most that are lie on recently constructed lines or are terminal stations. ... In the U.S., Chaining is a method by which railroads precisely measure and specify locations along the line. ... The New York City Subway has had a long history, beginning as many disjointed systems and eventually merging under City control. ... Nomenclature used on the New York City Subway system has been defined by New York Citys Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to precisely identify each part of the system, both internally and publicly. ... The Centennial Holiday Shoppers Special, a train of R1 and R9 cars that ran during the Subway Centennial in late 2004. ... Straphanger is a nickname for someone who is a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support. ... New York City boasts the most extensive network of public transportation in the United States. ... Amtrak is the trademark name of the intercity passenger train system created on May 1, 1971 in the United States. ... The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. ... 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. ... 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. ... PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) is a rapid transit system linking Manhattan, New York with New Jersey, and providing service to Jersey City, Hoboken, Harrison, and Newark. ... 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. It began, like the BMT lines to Coney Island, as a typical railway, but it now uses subway cars (R44). ... Airtrain at JFK. Note aluminum strip between rails. ... Roosevelt Island Tramway - Manhattan Entrance The Roosevelt Island Tramway is an aerial tramway (suspended cable car) in New York City, New York, United States of America, connecting Roosevelt Island to Manhattan. ...

External links

• NYCsubway.org - The Dual Contracts
• Story including 50th anniversary of the contracts