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The BMT Astoria Line (formerly the IRT Astoria Line) is a rapid transit line in the B Division of the New York City Subway, serving the Queens neighborhood of Astoria. It runs south from Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria to 39th Avenue in Long Island City above 31st Street.
[4]: 203–219 [5] Booth and Flinn was awarded the first contract for the line, namely a tunnel under the East River, in January 1916. [6] At the time, the Public Service Commission was completing plans for the rest of the line; [7] the commission began accepting bids for two parts of the line within Manhattan, sections 1 and 2. in April 1916. [8]
The division comprises two brands: MTA Bus and MTA New York City Bus. While MTA Bus is an amalgamation of former private companies' routes, MTA New York City Bus is composed of public routes that were taken over by the city before 2005. The MTA also operates paratransit services and formerly operated Long Island Bus.
8 was a designation given to two New York City Subway services. It was first used by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation for its Astoria Line from 1917 to 1949. The ex-Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) Third Avenue El subsequently used the designation between 1967 and 1973.
The BMT Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan.As of November 2016, it is served by four services, all colored yellow: the N and Q trains on the express tracks and the R and W trains on the local tracks during weekdays (the N and Q trains make local stops during late nights, as do the N and R trains on weekends).
The BMT Fourth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway, mainly running under Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn.The line is served by the D, N, and R at all times; the R typically runs local, while the D and N run express during the day and local at night.
CityLink Yellow (abbreviated YL) is a bus route operated by the Maryland Transit Administration in Baltimore and its suburbs. The line currently runs from the intersection of York Road and Northern Parkway to the Riverview, with some trips making short turns at Washington Boulevard and Monroe Street.
The amendment would postpone the Lexington Avenue Line and Astoria Line CBTC projects to the 2025–2029 Capital Program and use those funds to install CBTC on the Sixth Avenue Line. MTA officials said that lower peak ridership meant installing CBTC on the Lexington Avenue and Astoria Lines, which was aimed at increasing capacity, was less of a ...