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1924−1967. November 26, 1967 – June, 1979 bullet. June, 1979 – May 6, 1985 bullet. Original 16 designation for the BMT Canarsie Line service. The L was originally given the LL designation when letters were assigned to the BMT division. From 1928 to 1967, the same service was assigned the BMT number 16.
The R was originally the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation 's 2 service, running along the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn then traveling through the Montague Street Tunnel to Manhattan, then running local on the BMT Broadway Line. The 2 became the RR in 1961. The RR ran local along the BMT Astoria Line in Queens, terminating at ...