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  2. Croton–Harmon station - Wikipedia

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    Croton–Harmon. / 41.1898; -73.8827. Croton–Harmon station ( / kroʊtɪnhɑːrmɪn /) is a train station in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. It serves the Metro-North Railroad 's Hudson Line and all Amtrak lines running along the Empire Corridor. It is the main transfer point between the Hudson Line's local and express service and marks the ...

  3. K (Eighth Avenue Local) - Wikipedia

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    The K Eighth Avenue Local, earlier the AA, was a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. Its route bullet was colored blue on station signs, car rollsigns, and the official subway map since it ran on the IND Eighth Avenue Line . The K operated during midday, evenings, and weekends, making local stops between 168th Street in ...

  4. Long Island - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Long Island is an island in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area. The island extends from New York Harbor 118 miles (190 km) eastward into the North Atlantic Ocean with a maximum north–south width of 23 miles (37 km).

  5. SmartLink (smart card) - Wikipedia

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    SmartLink is a RFID-enabled credit card-sized smartcard that is the primary fare payment method on the PATH transit system in Newark and Hudson County in New Jersey and Manhattan in New York City. It was designed to replace PATH's paper-based farecard, QuickCard, and there was plans to expand its usage throughout most transit agencies in the ...

  6. History of the New York City Subway - Wikipedia

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    Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), which is controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York. In 2016, an average of 5.66 million passengers used the system daily, making it the busiest rapid transit system in the United States and the seventh busiest in the world.

  7. Transportation in New York City - Wikipedia

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    An 1807 grid plan of Manhattan. The history of New York City's transportation system began with the Dutch port of New Amsterdam.The port had maintained several roads; some were built atop former Lenape trails, others as "commuter" links to surrounding cities, and one was even paved by 1658 from orders of Petrus Stuyvesant, according to Burrow, et al. The 19th century brought changes to the ...

  8. Transportation in New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    The State of New York and surrounding regions. Transit type. Rapid transit, commuter rail, buses, private automobile, ferry, Taxicab, bicycle, pedestrian. Transportation in New York is made up of some of the most extensive and one of the oldest transportation infrastructures in the country. Engineering difficulties because of the terrain of the ...

  9. Steinway Tunnel - Wikipedia

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    Technical. Length. 1.3 miles (2.1 km) No. of tracks. 2. The Steinway Tunnel is a pair of tubes carrying the IRT Flushing Line ( 7 and <7> trains) of the New York City Subway under the East River between 42nd Street in Manhattan and 51st Avenue in Long Island City, Queens, in New York City. It was originally designed and built as an interurban ...