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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]
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) Electrification: 600V DC third rail
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 ...
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]
Between 1988 and 2003, SEPTA undertook a $493.3 million reconstruction of the 5.5-mile (8.9 km) Frankford Elevated. [5] Erie–Torresdale station was completely rebuilt on the site of the original station; the project included new platforms, elevators, windscreens, and overpasses, and the station now meets ADA accessibility requirements. [ 5 ]
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 ...
Line name Type Service patterns Terminal stations Avg. weekday ridership (FY 2023) [13] South/West North/East Market–Frankford Line: Rapid transit: All Stops 69th Street: Frankford: 107,651 Broad Street Line: Rapid transit: Local: NRG: Fern Rock: 79,155 Express: Walnut–Locust NRG (limited) Spur: 8th–Market: Subway–Surface Trolleys ...
By the late 1870s, the elevated railways in Manhattan were operated by two companies, the Metropolitan Elevated Railway (Sixth Avenue) and New York Elevated Railroad (Third and Ninth Avenues). The Metropolitan also began constructing a line above Second Avenue. [1]