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MTA Regional Bus Operations ( RBO) is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). It was created in 2008 to consolidate all bus operations in New York City operated by the MTA. As of February 2018, MTA Regional Bus Operations runs 234 local routes, 71 express routes, and 20 Select Bus Service routes.
The bus service will launch on Monday, Sept. 11, with two buses leaving per day; one at 6:30 a.m. and a second at 7:30 a.m. The returning service will leave from New York City at 4:45 p.m. and 5: ...
When the New York City Transit Authority was created in July 1953, the fare was raised to 15 cents (equivalent to $1.71 in 2023) and a token was issued. [89] In 1970 the fare was raised to 30 cents. [90] This token is 23mm in diameter with a Y cut out, and is known as the "Large Y Cutout".
The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system and has a large fleet of electric multiple unit rolling stock. As of November 2016, the New York City Subway has 6418 cars on the roster. The system maintains two separate fleets of passenger cars: one for the A Division (numbered) routes, the other for the B Division (lettered) routes.
Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The R16 was a New York City Subway car model built by the American Car and Foundry Company from 1954 to 1955 for the IND / BMT B Division. A total of 200 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE ...
The 6 Lexington Avenue Local and <6> Pelham Bay Park Express [3] are two rapid transit services in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored forest green since they use the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan. [4] Local service is denoted by a (6) in a circular bullet, and express service is ...
New York City Subway chaining. Chaining numbers can be seen on the black pillars in the middle of the tracks of West Fourth Street–Washington Square. New York City Subway chaining is a method to precisely specify locations along the New York City Subway lines. It measures distances from a fixed point, called chaining zero, following the ...
The R15 was a New York City Subway car model built by the American Car and Foundry Company in 1950 for the IRT A Division. A total of 100 cars were built, arranged as single units. Two versions were manufactured: Westinghouse (WH)-powered cars and General Electric (GE)-powered cars. The first R15s entered service on February 4, 1950; the fleet ...