![]() This means that readers won’t constantly be rereading the same things, it saves me from having to write the same thing over and over, and it keeps each post a bit shorter and more relevant.Īnother piece of important history concerns the elevated lines. As each post goes up, the previous posts will be updated with links to the new post wherever relevant. I will only discuss each line once, so the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line will only be discussed within the IRT Seventh Avenue-Broadway Line post, not the IRT Lexington Avenue Line post. Take the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line again, served by the red IRT Seventh Ave-Broadway Line (2) train, and the dark green IRT Lexington Avenue Line (5) train. At each station in each post, I will list which services use the platform I am discussing in that post. Often, all the lines in the group will be referred to collectively by the binomial name of the trunk line, so for the (1)(2)(3), they are referred to collectively as the IRT Seventh Ave-Broadway Line.ĭue to two features in the New York City subway called reverse branching and interlining , subway services from different Manhattan trunk lines (different colors) will share the same line in the outer boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx ( reverse branching) and two different services will use the same piece of track and the same platforms at stations ( interlining). Services are grouped by color based on the primary trunk line (usually the line in Manhattan) they all share. For example, the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line was operated by the IRT and runs under Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn between the Franklin Ave-Medgar Evers College station and Flatbush Ave-Brooklyn College.Įach post will focus on a color group used on the map, such as the red (1)(2)(3). This name usually comes from the neighborhood or street(s) through which the line passes. ![]() The first part of the name is the three-letter abbreviation of the company that previously operated the line, and the second part is a unique name meant to distinguish each line from the others. The physical lines have binomial names, much like biological species. Because some services use multiple lines along their route, while there are 25 named services, there are 36 physical lines in the system. While which service uses a line can change, and often does during nights, weekends, or construction, the line name always refers to a static section of track. Every service (the letters and numbers in colored circles and what the public calls lines) that the MTA operates uses anywhere between one and six different physical lines. To the MTA, a line is a physical set of tracks and stations, that is geographically distinct from other sets of tracks and stations. To the public, lines are the letters or numbers in a colored circle that have a set route through the city. ![]() ![]() What the MTA calls a line and what the general public thinks of as a line are two different things. We should also set out some terminology before we start. In 1940, all three companies were merged under the Board of Transportation (the predecessor of the MTA) to form one semi-unified system. The BMT and IND lines together are known as the B Division, and a number of connections between the two previously separate systems now exist, meaning that often subway services will use both IND and BMT trackage along their route. The Independent Subway (IND), which was owned by the City, built and operated what today are the letter lines in the first half of the alphabet, from (A) to (G). The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) and its predecessor the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) built and operated what today are the letter lines in the second half of the alphabet, starting from the (J). The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) built and operated what today are the number lines (now called the A division of the subway). The subway that we know today was built and operated primarily by three different companies, two of which were privately-owned. However, some historical background is required for any sort of discussion about the subway. Each post will discuss some of the relevant histories for each particular line, but if an in-depth history is what you’re after, I will point you in the direction of. This blog is inspired by a YouTube series called Secrets of the Underground, by Geoff Marshall and Londonist which follows each London Underground line in a similar manner. Each post will follow a group of subway lines end to end, revealing the fascinating nature of the subway that regular commuters often miss. This blog is home to a series of posts on the secrets, history, and interesting facts about New York City’s subway system.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |