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The transit map showed both New York and New Jersey, and was the first time that an MTA-produced subway map had done that. [78] 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 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 ...
This is a route-map template for Grand Central Terminal, a New York City train station.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, [14] an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [15]
The six-track section continues until just north of 125th Street. The express trains use the innermost pair of tracks, and the locals uses the outermost tracks. [19] This section of the line is nicknamed "Homeball Alley"—a reference to a home signal, a type of railway signal used in the New York City Subway system. [27]
[b] The opening of the first line on October 27, 1904, is commonly cited as the opening of the modern New York City Subway, although some elevated lines of the IRT and BMT that were initially incorporated into the New York City Subway system but then demolished predate this. The oldest sections of elevated lines still in operation were built in ...
A transit map is a topological map in the form of a schematic diagram used to illustrate the routes and stations within a public transport system—whether this be bus, tram, rapid transit, commuter rail or ferry routes. Metro maps, subway maps, or tube maps of metropolitan railways are some common examples.
In the New York City Subway there are three types of terminal stations: Station where a train proceeds beyond the station, like at a non-terminal station, and returns to service on another track. Station with one or more tracks, often with bumper blocks at their end. A train terminates on all applicable tracks and changes direction.