A Division (New York City Subway)

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A Division
MTA New York City Subway logo.svg
NYCS-bull-trans-1-Std.svg NYCS-bull-trans-2-Std.svg NYCS-bull-trans-3-Std.svg NYCS-bull-trans-4-Std.svg NYCS-bull-trans-5-Std.svg NYCS-bull-trans-6-Std.svg NYCS-bull-trans-7-Std.svg
NYCS-bull-trans-S-Std.svg (42nd Street)
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Minimum radius 147.25 ft (44.88 m) [1]

The A Division, also known as the IRT Division, [2] is a division of the New York City Subway, consisting of the lines operated with services designated by numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and the 42nd Street Shuttle. [3] These lines and services were operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company before the 1940 city takeover. A Division cars are narrower, shorter, and lighter than those of the B Division, measuring 8.6 by 51 feet (2.62 by 15.54 m). [4] [5]

Contents

List of lines

Typical A Division train. Note the three sets of doors as opposed to four. R142 2 train at East 180th Street (crop).jpg
Typical A Division train. Note the three sets of doors as opposed to four.

The following lines are part of the A Division (services shown in parentheses; lines with colors next to them are trunk lines):

Station service legend
NYCS-SSI-alltimes.svg Stops 24 hours a day
NYCS-SSI-allexceptnights.svg Stops every day during daytime hours only
NYCS-SSI-nightsonly.svg Stops every day during overnight hours only
NYCS-SSI-weekdaysonly.svg Stops during weekday daytime hours only
NYCS-SSI-rushonly.svg Stops during weekday rush hours only
NYCS-SSI-rushpeak.svg Stops weekdays in the peak direction only
Time period details
Wheelchair symbol.svg Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
Wheelchair symbol.svg  ↑Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
in the indicated direction only
Wheelchair symbol.svg  ↓
Aiga elevator.svg Elevator access to mezzanine only

Service history

Numbers were assigned to subway services in 1948: [6]

NameNorth end/type
NYCS-bull-trans-1-Std.svg Seventh Avenue Local (all times)Broadway
NYCS-bull-trans-2-Std.svg Seventh Avenue Express (all times except late nights) White Plains Road
NYCS-bull-trans-3-Std.svg Seventh Avenue Express (all times) Lenox Avenue
NYCS-bull-trans-4-Std.svg Lexington Avenue Express (all times except late nights) Jerome
NYCS-bull-trans-5-Std.svg Lexington Avenue Express (all times except late nights) Dyre
NYCS-bull-trans-6-Std.svg Lexington Avenue Local (all times)Pelham Bay Park
Pelham Bay Park Express peak direction (rush hours)
NYCS-bull-trans-7-Std.svg Flushing Express peak direction (rush hours)Flushing
Flushing Local (all times)

The 42nd Street Shuttle and Bowling Green–South Ferry Shuttle also provided subway services, and elevated service remained on the Third Avenue Line and Polo Grounds Shuttle.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BMT and IRT Curve Radii". Archived from the original on March 18, 2012.
  2. ↑ "New Technology Trains - A Division". nycsubway.org. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ Sims, Calvin (June 30, 1990). "Alphabet Soup: Telling an IRT From a BMT". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ "NYC Fun Facts: Not All NYC Subway Trains Are the Same Size". Untapped Cities. August 2, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  5. ↑ Second Avenue Subway Draft Environmental Impact Statement, "Glossary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2016. (45.6  KiB)
  6. ↑ Merelli, Annalisa (December 4, 2015). "The history behind New York City's missing subway lines". Quartz. Retrieved July 11, 2018.


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