The A Division, also known as the IRT Division,[2] is a division of the New York City Subway consisting of the lines whose services are 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 (IRT) prior to the 1940 city takeover.
| A Division | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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        (42nd Street Shuttle) | |||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge | ||
| Minimum radius | 147.25 ft (44.88 m)[1] | ||
| Electrification | Third rail, 625 V DC | ||
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Because of the limitations of the infrastructure's loading gauge, A Division rolling stock is narrower, shorter, and lighter than that used on the B Division, measuring 8 feet 7+3⁄16 inches (2.621 m) in width and 51 feet (16 m) in length, compared with up to 10 feet (3 m) in width and 75 feet (23 m) in length for B Division cars.[4][5]
List of lines
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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 | |
|---|---|
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Stops 24 hours a day |
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Stops every day during daytime hours only |
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Stops every day during overnight hours only |
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Stops during weekday daytime hours only |
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Stops during weekday rush hours only |
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Stops weekdays in the peak direction only |
| Time period details | |
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Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act |
| ↑ |
Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only |
| ↓ | |
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Elevator access to mezzanine only |
- IRT 42nd Street Shuttle (S train)
- IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (1 2 3 trains)
- IRT Dyre Avenue Line (5 train)
- IRT Eastern Parkway Line (2 3 4 5 trains)
- IRT Flushing Line (7 <7> trains)
- IRT Jerome Avenue Line (4 5 trains)
- IRT Lenox Avenue Line (2 3 trains)
- IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 5 6 <6> trains)
- IRT New Lots Line (2
3 4 5 trains) - IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (2 5 trains)
- IRT Pelham Line (6 <6> trains)
- IRT White Plains Road Line (2 5 trains)
Service history
editNumbers were assigned to subway services in 1948:[6]
| Name | North end/type | |
|---|---|---|
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Seventh Avenue Local (all times) | Broadway |
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Seventh Avenue Express (all times except late nights) | White Plains Road |
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Seventh Avenue Express (all times) | Lenox Avenue |
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Lexington Avenue Express (all times except late nights) | Jerome |
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Lexington Avenue Express (all times except late nights) | Dyre |
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Lexington Avenue Local (all times) | Pelham Bay Park |
| Pelham Bay Park Express peak direction (rush hours) | ||
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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
editReferences
edit- ↑ "BMT and IRT Curve Radii". Archived from the original on March 18, 2012.
- ↑ "New Technology Trains - A Division". nycsubway.org. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ↑ Sims, Calvin (June 30, 1990). "Alphabet Soup: Telling an IRT From a BMT". The New York Times. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ↑ "NYC Fun Facts: Not All NYC Subway Trains Are the Same Size". Untapped Cities. August 2, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Merelli, Annalisa (December 4, 2015). "The history behind New York City's missing subway lines". Quartz. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
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