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The Jamaica–Van Wyck station, opened on December 11, 1988, is directly underneath the site of the former Metropolitan Avenue station and replaces the two former Jamaica Line stations. Site, 20 years after demolition. The entrance to Jamaica - Van Wyck can be seen in the background.
The Archer Avenue lines are two rapid transit lines of the New York City Subway, mostly running under Archer Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens.The two lines are built on separate levels: trains from the IND Queens Boulevard Line (E train) serve the upper level, and trains from the BMT Jamaica Line (J and Z trains) serve the lower.
The BMT Jamaica Line, also known as the Broadway - Brooklyn Line, is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn and Queens.It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East New York, Brooklyn, and then east over Fulton Street and Jamaica Avenue to Jamaica, Queens.
The track was also used to store trains while the Jamaica Line was being torn down north of 121st Street and the Archer Avenue Line was being built. [8] Both platforms have beige windscreens for their entire lengths and brown canopies with green frames and support columns except for a small section at the west (railroad south) end. Station ...
Queens Boulevard was closed on April 15, 1985, when the line was cut back to 121st Street, with the Q49 bus (created to replace the eastern section of the line) replacing it. [4] [13] The Q49 bus was discontinued when the rest of the Jamaica Line was connected to the Archer Avenue Subway.
The 121st Street station is a skip-stop station on the elevated BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway.Located at the intersection of 121st Street and Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens, [6] [7] it is served by the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction and the J train at all other times.
In an apparent effort to reduce the headaches caused by airport line cutting, American has rolled out boarding technology that alerts gate agents with an audible sound if a passenger tries to scan ...
In 2020, the MTA announced that it would reconstruct the track and third rail on the IND Archer Avenue Line, which had become deteriorated. From September 19 to November 2, 2020, E service was cut back to Jamaica–Van Wyck, with a shuttle bus connecting to Sutphin Boulevard and Jamaica Center.