Everything about B Division New York City Subway totally explained
The
B Division is a division of the
New York City Subway, consisting of the lines operated with services designated by letters (
A,
B,
C,
D,
E,
F,
G,
J,
L,
M,
N,
Q,
R,
V,
W, and
Z), in addition to the
Franklin Avenue Shuttle and
Rockaway Park Shuttle. These lines and services were operated by the
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation and city-owned
Independent Subway System before the 1940 city takeover of the BMT. B Division cars are wider, longer, and heavier than those of the
A Division, measuring 9.75 by 60 or 75 feet (3 by 18 or 23 meters).
The two former systems are still sometimes referred to as the
IND Division and
BMT Division.
List of lines
The following lines are part of the B Division (only services that normally use the line are shown):
History
Early history
The oldest line to become part of the B Division was the
BMT Lexington Avenue Line, opened in 1885. A large system of
elevated railways in
Brooklyn was formed by 1908 by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT), crossing the
Brooklyn Bridge and
Williamsburg Bridge to
Manhattan terminals. With the
Dual Contracts, signed in 1913, the BRT acquired extensions outward into
Queens, as well as through
Lower and
Midtown Manhattan. The BRT became the
Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation in 1923 after a
bankruptcy.
The
Independent Subway System (IND) was created by the city in the 1920s and 1930s as a third system operated by the city, competing with the BMT and
Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT). The city took over operations of the BMT and IRT in 1940, consolidating ownership of the three systems into one. Since the original IRT tunnels were smaller, it has remained a separate division to this day.
IND before 1967
IND services were labeled on maps and signs starting with the opening of the first line in 1932. Six letters - A to F - were assigned to the major services, sorted by the north terminal and midtown line, and express services had single letters, while local services had double letters. The following labels were used from 1940 to 1967:
Consolidation of operations
Until 1954 and 1955, when the
Culver Ramp and
60th Street Tunnel Connection opened, the BMT and IND trackage wasn't connected. The early joint services using these connections operated similarly to
trackage rights; it wasn't until the
Chrystie Street Connection opened in 1967 that the ex-BMT and IND systems were consolidated operationally.
Beginning in 1924, BMT services were designated by number. The city assigned letters - generally following the IND pattern of double letters for local services - in the early 1960s to prepare for the 1967
Chrystie Street Connection. Only Southern Division routes (1-4) were labeled on maps, but all services except remnants of the old els were assigned letters:
In 1967, the Culver and Franklin Shuttles became
SS - the standard shuttle designation - and the Myrtle Local ("Myrtle (Jay)", discontinued in 1969) was labeled
MJ.
After 1967
The 1967 opening of the Chrystie Street Connection resulted in a number of changes. The following services have been operated since then:
A Eighth Avenue Express, 1967 - present
B Sixth Avenue Local, 1967 - present
C Eighth Avenue Local, 1967 - present (CC until 1986)
D Sixth Avenue Express, 1967 - present
E Eighth Avenue Local, 1967 - present
EE Broadway Local, 1967 - 1976
F Sixth Avenue Local, 1967 - present
G Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Local, 1967 - present (GG until 1986)
J Nassau Street Express, 1967 - present (QJ until 1973)
K Broadway Brooklyn Local, 1967 - 1976 (JJ from 1967 to 1968; KK from 1968 to 1973)
K Eighth Avenue Local, 1967 - 1988 (AA until 1986)
L 14th Street-Canarsie Local, 1967 - present (LL until 1986)
M Nassau Street Local, 1967 - present
MJ Myrtle Local, 1967 - 1969
N Broadway Express, 1967 - present
NX Broadway Express, 1967 - 1968
Q Broadway Express, 1967 - present (QB until 1986)
R Broadway Local, 1967 - present (RR until 1986)
RJ Nassau Street Local, 1967 - 1968
S Franklin Avenue Shuttle, 1967 - present (SS until 1986)
S Rockaway Park Shuttle, 1967 - 1972, 1986 - present (HH from 1967 to 1972 and H from 1986 to 1994; part of the A and CC in between)
SS Culver Shuttle, 1967-1975
TT West End Shuttle, 1967 - 1968
V Sixth Avenue Local, 2001 - present
W Broadway Local, 2001 - present
Z Nassau Street Express, 1988 - presentFurther Information
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