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This is a route-map template for the Port Authority Trans-Hudson, a New York & New Jersey rapid transit system.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
This is a route-map template for the PATH (rail system), a New York & New Jersey rapid transit network.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The PATH system pre-dates the New York City Subway's first underground line, operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad (H&M) was planned in 1874, but it was not possible at that time to safely tunnel under the Hudson River. Construction began on the existing tunnels in 1890, but soon stopped when ...
The New York City Subway is a heavy-rail public transit system serving four of the five boroughs of New York City. The present New York City Subway system inherited the systems of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND). New York City has owned the IND ...
The transit map showed both New York and New Jersey, and was the first time that an MTA-produced subway map had done that. [79] Besides showing the New York City Subway, the map also includes the MTA's Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit lines, and Amtrak lines in the consistent visual language of the Vignelli map.
The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company was incorporated in December 1906 to operate a passenger railroad system between New York and New Jersey via the Uptown and Downtown Tubes. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The Downtown Tubes, located about 1.25 miles (2.01 km) south of the uptown pair, were well under construction by that time, [ 7 ] : 19 as 3,000 feet ...
The New York City Board of Aldermen expressed that the line could be extended further north to Central Park in the future. [2]: 22 [32] The New York and Jersey Railroad had previously submitted a bid for a Sixth Avenue subway line, but it was refused because Sixth Avenue was a major north–south road. The Rapid Transit Board changed its ...
NJ Transit Rail Operations (reporting mark NJTR) is the rail division of NJ Transit.It operates commuter rail service in New Jersey, with most service centered on transportation to and from New York City, Hoboken, and Newark.