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A Division (New York City Subway)

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]

List of lines

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

Service history

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

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). (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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