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The Times Square station opened on October 27, 1904, as one of the original 28 stations of the New York City Subway from City Hall to 145th Street on the West Side Branch. [11]: 186 [17] Prior to the subway station's opening, Times Square had been renamed from Long Acre Square to give the station a distinctive name. [18]
Times Square† [a] IRT: 42nd Street Line: October 27, 1904 Times Square: Times Square–42nd Street: BMT Broadway Line: January 5, 1918 Times Square–42nd Street: IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line: June 3, 1917 Times Square–42nd Street: IRT Flushing Line: March 14, 1927
Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal: Times Square: IRT 42nd Street Shuttle S At Times Square, a number of passageways connect the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, IRT Flushing Line, IRT 42nd Street Shuttle, and BMT Broadway Line. A block-long passageway west to the IND Eighth Avenue Line is also inside fare control.
The layout also exists at 34th Street–Penn Station on both the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (1, 2, and 3 trains) and IND Eighth Avenue Line (A, C, and E trains), with adjacent express stations at Times Square–42nd Street and 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal, where the connection is to Pennsylvania Station, one of the two ...
The Times Square–42nd Street and 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal stations, despite being a single complex, have their own articles. In addition, the 42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue station has its own article, and is a separate complex from the Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal complex, although the ...
A 127-year-old water main under New York's Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city's busiest subway station. The 20-inch (half-meter) pipe gave way under 40th ...
The New York City Subway map is an anomaly among subway maps around the world, in that it shows city streets, parks, and neighborhoods juxtaposed among curved subway lines, whereas other subway maps (like the London Underground map) do not show such aboveground features and show subway lines as straight and at 45- or 90-degree angles. [50]
Times Square, specifically the intersection of Broadway and 42nd Street, is the eastern terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States for motorized vehicles. [13] Times Square is sometimes referred to as "the Crossroads of the World" [14] and "the heart of the Great White Way". [15] [16] [17]