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  2. BMT Myrtle Avenue Line - Wikipedia

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    Service; Type: Rapid transit: System: New York City Subway: Operator(s) New York City Transit Authority: Daily ridership: 29,422 [1] History; Opened: 1889–1915: Closed: 1969 (segment west of Central Avenue) Technical; Number of tracks: 2: Character: Street level (Metropolitan Avenue only) Elevated: Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm ...

  3. IRT Third Avenue Line - Wikipedia

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    Originally operated by the New York Elevated Railway, an independent railway company, it was acquired by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and eventually became part of the New York City Subway system. The first segment of the line, with service at most stations, opened from South Ferry to Grand Central Depot on August 26, 1878. [1]

  4. Transportation in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    Unlike other major East Coast cities, such as New York City and Boston, Center City Philadelphia, originally the core of Philadelphia's white-collar workforce, has seen a marked decline in jobs, as companies have gradually relocated to the suburbs. As of 2019, Center City had approximately 180,000 daily commuters from the suburbs.

  5. Airport Line (SEPTA) - Wikipedia

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    The Airport Line opened on April 28, 1985, as SEPTA R1, providing service from Center City to Philadelphia International Airport. [2] By its twentieth anniversary in 2005, the line had carried over 20 million passengers to and from the airport. The line splits from Amtrak's Northeast Corridor north of Darby and passes over it via a flying junction.

  6. Elevated railway - Wikipedia

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    New York's West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway opened in 1868 as a cable-hauled elevated railway [2] and was operated using locomotives after 1871, when it was renamed the New York Elevated Railroad. [3] [4] This was followed in 1875 by the Manhattan Railway Company, which took over the New York Elevated Railroad. [5]

  7. List of New York City Subway lines - Wikipedia

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    a The route of the original IRT line, the first underground New York City rapid transit line, began at City Hall in the south, followed the IRT Lexington Avenue Line to 33rd Street, turned west on 42nd Street to Grand Central, followed the IRT 42nd Street Shuttle to Times Square, turned north on Broadway to 50th Street, followed the IRT ...

  8. West Philadelphia Elevated - Wikipedia

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    The West Philadelphia Elevated, also known as the High Line or Philadelphia High Line, is a railroad viaduct in the western part of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Now part of the Harrisburg Subdivision of CSX Transportation , the viaduct was built in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) to allow through freight trains to bypass rail yard ...

  9. Rapid transit - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Subway is the world's largest single-operator rapid transit system by number of metro stations, at 472. Metro in the world: [1] Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT) or heavy rail, [2] [3] commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.

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