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When the New York City Subway began operation between 1904 and 1908, one of the main service patterns was the West Side Branch, which the modern 1 train uses. Trains ran from Lower Manhattan to the 242nd Street station near Van Cortlandt Park, using what is now the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, 42nd Street Shuttle, and IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
The R211 is a class of New Technology Train (NTT) subway cars built for the New York City Subway.Being built by Kawasaki Railcar Manufacturing for the B Division and the Staten Island Railway (SIR), they will replace two aging subway car models: all R44 cars on the Staten Island Railway and all R46 subway cars.
Today, only two Q-type cars are preserved: Car 1602A (ex-BU 1410) is preserved at the Trolley Museum of New York. [5] It is awaiting restoration. Car 1612C (ex-BU 1417) is preserved at the New York Transit Museum. This car was previously used as a work car before it was restored to its original condition for the museum collection in 1979.
On November 23, 1904, the IRT Lenox Avenue Line opened between 96th Street and 145th Street. 3 trains ran between 145th Street and City Hall, making all stops. [5]On July 1, 1918, the entire IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line was completed. 3 trains were rerouted south of 42nd Street from the IRT Lexington Avenue Line to this new line, making all stops to South Ferry.
NEW YORK CITY — Subway trains struck three people — at least one fatally — across New York City in a 12-hour span, authorities said. ... Extensive delays for the 4 and 6 trains followed the ...
UPPER WEST SIDE, NY — A 22-year-old man died after jumping in front of a train on the Upper West Side Monday morning, police told Patch. The man jumped in front of an incoming 2 train about 10 a ...
The New York City Board of Transportation, predecessor to the New York City Transit Authority, began to introduce replacements to older subway cars beginning with the R12 cars in 1948. With these cars, numbers were publicly designated to the former IRT lines. Lexington–Pelham trains were assigned the number 6.
The Rochester Industrial and Rapid Transit Railway (reporting mark RSB), more commonly known as the Rochester subway, was a light rail rapid transit line in the city of Rochester, New York that operated from 1927 to 1956. The subway was constructed in the bed of the old Erie Canal, which allowed the route to be grade-separated for its entire ...