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From the inauguration of IRT subway services in 1904 until the unified system of 1948 (including predecessor BMT and IND subway services), the fare for a ride on the subway of any length was 5 cents ($.05 in 1904 equivalent to $1.7 in 2023; $.05 in 1948 equivalent to $0.63 in 2023). On July 1, 1948, the fare was increased to 10 cents ...
A new low-level subway through Manhattan would complete the loop. Construction costs of this preliminary project are estimated at $154,000,000, with $40,000,000 additional for equipment. The cost of power facilities is not included in this estimate.
4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The R160 is a class of New Technology Train subway cars built for the New York City Subway 's B Division. Entering service between 2006 and 2010, they replaced all R38, R40, and NYCT -operated R44 cars, and most R32 and R42 cars. The R160s are very similar to the earlier R143s and later R179s.
5202–5479 (NYCT) 388–435, 436–466 (even) St. Louis Car 1971–1973 NYCT cars retired, 5240 preserved, SIR cars in service: R45 Crane cars C218–C219 Atlas Car Manufacturing Co. 1973 Retired R46: Passenger cars 5482–6258: Pullman 1975–1978 In service: R47 45-47-ton diesel-electric locomotives 63–70, N1–N2 General Electric 1975
Base fares on subways, buses and trains will increase 15 cents from $2.70, seven-day unlimited passes will increase $1 to $34, 30-day unlimited passes will increase $5 to $132, according to the MTA.
The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA, [2] or simply Transit, [3] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in ...
On January 24, 1977, as part of a series of NYCTA service cuts to save $13 million, many subway lines began running shorter trains during middays. As part of the change, J trains began running with four cars between 9:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. [32] On May 2, 1977, J trains began running in skip-stop service between Eastern Parkway and Myrtle Avenue.
The first section of what became the current 2 entered service on November 26, 1904, from the temporary 180th Street–Bronx Park terminal via the West Farms El to 149th Street–3rd Avenue. On July 10, 1905, the connection between the IRT Lenox Avenue Line and IRT White Plains Road Line (which was previously served by the Third Avenue El ...
The E Queens Boulevard Express/Eighth Avenue Local [3] is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is blue since it uses the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan . The E operates at all times between Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer in Jamaica, Queens, and the World Trade Center in ...
The A Eighth Avenue Express [3] is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored blue since it is a part of the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan. [4] The A operates at all times. Daytime service operates between 207th Street in Inwood, Manhattan and Mott Avenue in Far ...