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Encyclopedia > IRT Lexington Avenue Line
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Services that use the IRT Lexington Avenue Line through midtown and downtown have been colored green since 1979. The original IRT numbering system provided for 4, 5 and 6 on the line.

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. Part of it was the first subway in New York. The line is the most crowded of the subway system, being the only line east of Central Park. The Second Avenue Line is proposed to fix this problem. 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 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. ... 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. ... Central Park is also the name of a fast food restaurant chain in the southern 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. ...


Several stations have been abandoned. When platforms were widened, new entrances were built for adjacent stations, making the abandoned ones redundant. For example, 14th Street-Union Square has an entrance on 16th, and 23rd Street has an entrance on 20th, so 18th Street station was abandoned.

Contents
1 Extent and service
2 History
3 Station listing
4 External links
5 References

Extent and service

Services that use the Lexington Avenue Line through Midtown and Downtown Manhattan are colored green. The following services use part or all of the Lexington Avenue Line: View of Midtown from Empire State Building. ... The term Downtown Manhattan may have different meanings to different people, especially depending on what part of New York City they live in. ...

current service section of line
4 express (local late nights) full line
5 express (no late night service) north of Bowling Green (full line rush hours)
6 local north of Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (where the local tracks end)

The Lexington Avenue Line begins just north of 125th Street, at an underground flying junction of the Jerome Avenue Line (4 5) and the Pelham Line (6). 125th Street station is laid out interestingly, with uptown trains on the upper level and downtown trains on the lower level. The line runs south under Lexington Avenue to 42nd Street, at Grand Central Terminal. The Metro-North Railroad tunnel ends at Grand Central, allowing the Lexington Avenue Line to switch to Park Avenue south of it. At this shift, a single non-revenue track joins the Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle to the southbound local track, along the alignment of the original IRT 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. ... In U.S. railroad practice, a flying junction is a track configuration in which merging or crossing railroad lines provide track connections with each other without requiring trains to cross over in front of opposing traffic. ... The clock in the Main Concourse © 2004 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Grand Central Terminal (often still called Grand Central Station, although technically that is the name of the nearby post office) is a train station at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York, a borough of New York City, located... 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. ...


Where Park Avenue ends, the subway shifts onto Fourth Avenue and then Lafayette Street. Lafayette Street merges into Centre Street; at the south end of Centre Street is the abandoned City Hall station, on the loop that the 6 service turns around at. This loop, which the local tracks end at, was the southern terminal of the original subway.


The express tracks of the Lexington Avenue Line then continue south along Park Row and Broadway, leading into the Joralemon Street Tunnel to Brooklyn. Just north of the tunnel, some trains used to run to an inner loop at South Ferry station; this loop is now used to turn 5 trains except during rush hour, when they continue into Brooklyn. 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. ... 9 train at South Ferry South Ferry is the southern terminal of the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, carrying 1 service, supplemented by 9 service during rush hours. ...


History

The part of the line from City Hall to 42nd Street was part of the original IRT line, opened on October 27, 1904. An extension to Fulton Street opened at 00:01 on January 16, 1905. The next station, Wall Street, was opened on June 12, 1905.[1] (http://nycsubway.org/irt/tenyears.html) 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. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... January 16 is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...


The first revenue train on the South Ferry extension left South Ferry at 23:58 on July 9, 1905; the extension of the IRT White Plains Road Line to West Farms opened just after. The first train ran through the Joralemon Street Tunnel to Brooklyn about 00:45 on January 9, 1908. July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... January 9 is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


The rest of the line, north to 125th Street, opened on July 17, 1918. However, until the evening of August 1, 1918, it ran as a shuttle on the local tracks only, terminating at 42nd Street and at 167th Street on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line (where the connection from the elevated IRT Ninth Avenue Line merged). On August 1, service patterns were changed, and the Lexington Avenue Line became a through route. The IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line also switched from shuttle operation at that time, and the 42nd Street Shuttle was formed along the old connection between the sides. Due to the shape of the system, it was referred to as the "'H' system". Also on August 1, the first bit of the IRT Pelham Line opened to Third Avenue. July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A shuttle, in general, is something which travels back and forth between places in a regular and relatively frequent manner. ... 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. ... 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 S 42nd Street Shuttle is a service on the New York City Subway. ...


Station listing

Station Tracks Services Opened Transfers and notes
begins as a merge of the IRT Jerome Avenue Line (4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction) and the IRT Pelham Line (6 always, <6> rush hours in peak direction)
125th Street all 4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction, 6 always, <6> rush hours in peak direction July 17, 1918 transfer to Metro-North at Harlem-125th Street
116th Street local 4 late nights, 6 always July 17, 1918
110th Street local 4 late nights, 6 always July 17, 1918
103rd Street local 4 late nights, 6 always July 17, 1918
96th Street local 4 late nights, 6 always July 17, 1918
86th Street all 4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction, 6 always, <6> rush hours in peak direction July 17, 1918
77th Street local 4 late nights, 6 always July 17, 1918
68th Street-Hunter College local 4 late nights, 6 always July 17, 1918
59th Street all 4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction, 6 always, <6> rush hours in peak direction July 17, 1918 free transfer to N R W (BMT Broadway Line)
free MetroCard transfer to F (IND 63rd Street Line)
Roosevelt Island Tramway
51st Street local 4 late nights, 6 always July 17, 1918 free transfer to E V (123) (Queens Boulevard Line)
42nd Street-Grand Central all 4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction, 6 always, <6> rush hours in peak direction July 17, 1918 free transfer to 7 <7> (1a2a3b) (Flushing Line)
free transfer to S (1234) (Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle)
transfer to Metro-North Railroad at Grand Central Terminal
originally Grand Central Station
merge on southbound local track from IRT 42nd Street Shuttle (S)
33rd Street local 4 late nights, 6 always October 27, 1904
28th Street local 4 late nights, 6 always October 27, 1904
23rd Street local 4 late nights, 6 always October 27, 1904
18th Street October 27, 1904 closed November 7, 1948
14th Street-Union Square all 4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction, 6 always, <6> rush hours in peak direction October 27, 1904 free transfer to L (Canarsie Line)
free transfer to N Q R (1234) W (123a) (Broadway Line)
originally 14th Street
Astor Place-Eighth Street local 4 late nights, 6 always October 27, 1904
Bleecker Street local 4 late nights, 6 always October 27, 1904 free transfer between downtown platform and B (123a) D F V (123) (Sixth Avenue Line)
Spring Street local 4 late nights, 6 always October 27, 1904
Canal Street local 4 late nights, 6 always October 27, 1904 free transfer to N Q R (1234) W (123a) (Broadway Line)
free transfer to J M (12) Z (1a) (Nassau Street Line)
Worth Street October 27, 1904 closed September 1, 1962
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall all 4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction, 6 always, <6> rush hours in peak direction October 27, 1904 free transfer to J M (12) Z (1a) (Nassau Street Line)
originally Brooklyn Bridge, then Brooklyn Bridge-Worth Street
City Hall October 27, 1904 closed December 31, 1945
Fulton Street express 4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction January 16, 1905 free transfer to A C (Eighth Avenue Line)
free transfer to J (1235a) M (1) Z (1a) (Nassau Street Line)
free transfer to 2 3 (1234) (Brooklyn Branch)
Wall Street express 4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction June 12, 1905
Bowling Green express 4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction July 10, 1905
South Ferry July 1, 1918 Inner platform closed February 12, 1977
Lexington Avenue Line trains used the outer platform from July 10, 1905 to July 1, 1918 and from 1950 to February 12, 1977
continues as the Joralemon Street Tunnel (4 always, 5 all but late nights, <5> rush hours in peak direction)
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New York City Subway Lines
IRT West side trunk: Broadway-7 Av - Lenox Av - White Plains Rd - Dyre Av - Brooklyn Branch
East side trunk: Lexington Av - Jerome Av - White Plains Rd - Dyre Av - Pelham
Brooklyn/Queens/other: Eastern Pkwy - Nostrand Av - Flushing - 42 St Shuttle
Former: 2 Av - 3 Av - 6 Av - 9 Av
BMT Manhattan trunk: Broadway - Astoria - Manhattan Bridge
Nassau Street trunk: Nassau St - Jamaica - Archer Av - Myrtle Av
West Brooklyn trunks: 4th Av - Brighton - Culver - Sea Beach - West End
Other: Canarsie - Franklin Av Shuttle - 63 St
Former: Brooklyn Bridge - 3 Av - 5 Av - Fulton St - Lexington Av
IND Bronx/Manhattan trunks: 6 Av - 8 Av - Concourse
Brooklyn/Queens: Queens Blvd - Archer Av - 63 St - Fulton St - Culver - Rockaway - Crosstown
Former: World's Fair
Connections Chrystie St - 60 St

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July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 9 train at South Ferry South Ferry is the southern terminal of the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, carrying 1 service, supplemented by 9 service during rush hours. ... July 10 is the 191st day (192nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 174 days remaining. ... 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... 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 5 Lexington Avenue Express 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 Dyre Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway, as part of the IRT division. ... 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 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. ... The Astoria Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway, serving the neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. ... 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...

External links

  • nycsubway.org - IRT East Side (http://nycsubway.org/irt/eastside/)

References

  • Fulton St. Trains Monday, New York Times January 14, 1905 page 5
  • Subway at Fulton Street Busy, New York Times January 17, 1905 page 9
  • Subway Trains Run Again This Morning, New York Times June 13, 1905 page 1
  • Subway Trains Running from Bronx to Battery, New York Times July 10, 1905 page 1
  • Subway to Brooklyn Opened for Traffic, New York Times January 9, 1908 page 1
  • Lexington Av. Line to be Opened Today, New York Times July 7, 1918, page 13
  • Open New Subway Lines to Traffic; Called a Triumph, New York Times August 2, 1918 page 1
  • Old City Hall Station of IRT to Close Monday, New York Times December 27, 1945 page 24
  • IRT Station to be Closed, New York Times November 6, 1948 page 29
  • New Platform for IRT Locals at Brooklyn Bridge to End Jams, New York Times September 1, 1962 page 42
  • M.T.A. Expected to Save Franklin Avenue Shuttle, Once an Austerity Target, New York Times February 10, 1977 page 27

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Britain.tv Wikipedia - New York City Subway (5324 words)
The city was closely involved; every line built for the IRT, and most other lines built or improved for the BRT after 1913, was built by the city and leased to the companies (via the original Contracts 1 and 2 for the IRT subway, and the Dual Contracts for later extensions and widenings).
This is because the IRT chose to use equipment substantially the same size as that already in use on all the pre-existing elevated railway lines in the city.
As a result, while most of the IRT lines could accommodate the larger BMT/IND equipment with modifications to the station platforms and trackside furniture, this is not deemed feasible, because the original, narrower, subway includes portions of both IRT Manhattan mainlines, as well as a critical part of the Brooklyn lines.
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At the intersection of Columbus Avenue and West 65th Street, Broadway passes by the Juilliard School and Lincoln Center, both well-known performing arts landmarks, as well as a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormon or LDS Church).
The IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line runs under and over Broadway from Times Square to 168th Street and from 218th Street to its terminal in the Bronx at 242nd Street-Van Cortlandt Park.
The northern portion of the IND Eighth Avenue Line runs under Broadway from 168th Street to 207th Street.
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