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Important terms include lines, or individual sections of subway, like the BMT Brighton Line; services, like the B, which is a single train route along several lines; and stations, such as Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue, which connects multiple lines and services. Lines and services on the New York City Subway are often confused with each other.
A 1996 Nova Bus RTS-06 (9174) on the Bx33 with a West Farms Depot sticker on it. MTA Regional Bus Operations operates local and express buses serving New York City in the United States out of 29 bus depots.
When the Chrystie Street Connection opened in late 1967, the New York City Transit Authority assigned labels to all services. The only remaining IRT elevated line, the IRT Third Avenue Line in the Bronx, was too long to be a shuttle, so was assigned the number 8, unused since 1949.
The Astor Place station, also called Astor Place–Cooper Union on signs, is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway.Located at Fourth Avenue, Cooper Square, and Astor Place between the East Village and NoHo, it is served by 6 trains at all times, <6> trains during weekdays in the peak direction, and 4 trains during late night hours.
Stations of the Elevated (1981) – the earliest documentary about subway graffiti in New York City, with music by Charles Mingus; Wild Style (1982) – a drama about hip hop and graffiti culture in New York City; Style Wars (1983) – an early documentary on hip hop culture, made in New York City
A total of 352 R44 cars were ordered; 300 cars for the New York City Subway (numbered 100–399, with 278 of the cars later renumbered 5202–5479) and 52 cars for the Staten Island Railway (also known as ME-2, MU-2, or MUE-2 cars, numbered 400–435 and even numbers between 436 and 466).
Number built: 100: Number preserved: 2: Number scrapped: 98: Successor: R62: Formation: Single units: Fleet numbers: 5703–5752 (Westinghouse) 5753–5802 (General Electric) Capacity: 44 (seated) Operators: NYC Board of Transportation New York City Subway: Specifications; Car body construction: LAHT Carbon steel: Car length: 51 ft (15.54 m ...
The New York City Subway system differs from other railroad chaining systems in that it uses the engineer's chain of 100 feet (30.48 m) rather than the surveyor's chain of 66 feet (20.12 m). Chaining is used in the New York City Subway system in conjunction with train radios, in order to ascertain a train's location on a given line. [33]