T (New York City Subway service)
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The T Second Avenue Local is a prospective rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. It is proposed to run on the Second Avenue Subway in Manhattan and its route symbol will be turquoise.
The first phase of the Second Avenue Subway opened in January 2017, from
From 1961 to 1968, the T and TT designations were also used for trains running along the BMT West End Line in Brooklyn, which was replaced by the B train and later by the W. The West End Line is now served by the D train.
Historical designation
Original service
The T designation was originally used for
On September 4, 1917, the first part of the
The
The Saturday morning rush hour local service to Chambers Street, on June 24, 1950, was discontinued.
Letters began appearing in the summer of 1961, when
Post-Chrystie Street Connection
The T was discontinued on November 26, 1967, after the Chrystie Street Connection opened. This connection linked the new express tracks of the IND Sixth Avenue Line to the Manhattan Bridge, allowing for increased subway service between Brooklyn and Midtown Manhattan. As a consequence, the connection between the Nassau Street Line and the Manhattan Bridge was severed, ending the Nassau Street Loop in Lower Manhattan. The BB, a Sixth Avenue Line service which formerly operated solely in Manhattan, was now extended to Brooklyn via the Manhattan Bridge, running along the BMT Fourth Avenue Line and BMT West End Line to Coney Island. This new B service replaced T and TT service into Manhattan. However, late-night and Sunday shuttle service between Coney Island and 36th Street was still labeled TT. The new color scheme for subway routes introduced that day included a blue TT bullet.[7] On July 1, 1968, the TT designation was discontinued entirely with late-night and Sunday shuttle service labeled B instead.[4]
In the 40 or so years after the opening of the Chrystie Street Connection, a series of service changes caused by construction work led to service patterns temporarily mimicking those of the original T and TT services. From April 26, 1986 to December 11, 1988, the northern tracks of the Manhattan Bridge, leading to the Sixth Avenue Line, closed for repairs, akin to the conditions of the subway prior to the opening of the Chrystie Street Connection. During this time, the T's old service pattern was almost exactly recreated, with B service running via Broadway Express from Coney Island to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard during rush hours, and during middays, evenings and weekends to Queensboro Plaza.[8] The TT's route via the BMT Nassau Street Line was replicated in 1987, when the M was rerouted from the Brighton Line to the West End Line running to Bay Parkway. The M ran on the BMT Nassau Street and West End Lines on weekdays until June 25, 2010. [9][10][11][12]
The Manhattan Bridge's north side tracks closed for repairs again on July 22, 2001; B service in Brooklyn via the Sixth Avenue Line was replaced by the new W service, running via Broadway express to Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard, essentially recreating the T route once again.[13] This lasted until February 22, 2004, when, following the completion of repairs to the Manhattan Bridge, the D was rerouted over the West End Line, providing full-time service via Sixth Avenue Express, which continues today.[14][15][16]
The T bullet appeared on some
Planned Second Avenue Subway service
Designation
During
- The letters O and I are too easily confused with the digits 0 and 1, respectively.[17][18]
- The letter K was used until the late 1980s to denote services on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, and earlier on the BMT Jamaica Line, and thus is not preferred.
- The letter V was in use at the time (and until 2010) to denote services on the IND Sixth Avenue Line and IND Queens Boulevard Line.
- H is the Rockaway Park Shuttle's internal route designator.[17]
- The letters P, U and Y are more easily confused with common words.[18]
The T's route emblem is colored turquoise (
Planned service pattern
When the construction of the Second Avenue Subway's Phase 3 is completed, the proposed T service will operate from
As planned, the T will use the following lines with the same service pattern at all times.
Line | From | To | Tracks |
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IND Second Avenue Line | Harlem–125th Street
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Houston Street (Phase 3)
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all |
Hanover Square (Phase 4)
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Planned station listing
Should Phase 3 of the Second Avenue Subway be built, the proposed T route would run entirely in Manhattan and would be the only non-shuttle New York City Subway service to run only within one
Station service legend | |
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Stops all times | |
Stops all times except late nights | |
Stops late nights only | |
Stops weekdays during the day | |
Stops rush hours only | |
Station closed | |
Stops rush hours/weekdays in the peak direction only | |
Time period details | |
Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act | |
↑ | Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only |
↓ | |
Elevator access to mezzanine only |
Station | Phase | Transfers and connections | Notes | |
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Manhattan | ||||
Introduction in Phase 3 | ||||
Harlem–125th Street
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2 | Northern <6> (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) )
M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport connection to Harlem–125th Street (Metro-North Railroad |
at Lexington Avenue and 125th Street | |
116th Street | 2 | N Q R | ||
106th Street | 2 | N Q R | ||
96th Street | 1 | N Q R | ||
86th Street | 1 | N Q R | ||
72nd Street | 1 | N Q R | ||
55th Street | 3 | |||
42nd Street | 3 | <6> (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) at Grand Central–42nd Street )
connection to Grand Central Terminal (Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road |
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34th Street | 3 | M34/M34A Select Bus Service
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23rd Street | 3 | M23 Select Bus Service | ||
14th Street | 3 | L (BMT Canarsie Line) at Third Avenue | ||
Houston Street
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3 | Southern terminal station for T train (Phase 3)
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Phase 4 extension | ||||
Grand Street | 4 | B D (IND Sixth Avenue Line) | ||
Chatham Square | 4 | at Worth Street | ||
Seaport | 4 | at Fulton Street | ||
Hanover Square | 4 | at Old Slip Southern terminal station for T train (Phase 4)
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References
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- Slotnik, Daniel E.; Wolfe, Jonathan; Fitzsimmons, Emma G.; Palmer, Emily; Remnick, Noah (January 1, 2017). "Opening of Second Avenue Subway: Updates". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- Rivoli, Dan; Sandoval, Edgar; Brown, Stephen Rex (January 1, 2017). "New Yorkers take historic first ride on Second Ave. subway". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- Nessen, Stephen (January 1, 2017). "See Inside: The 2nd Avenue Subway Opens to All". WNYC. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
- Slotnik, Daniel E.; Wolfe, Jonathan; Fitzsimmons, Emma G.; Palmer, Emily; Remnick, Noah (January 1, 2017). "Opening of Second Avenue Subway: Updates". The New York Times.
- ^ a b "MTA Capital Construction - Second Avenue Subway Project Description". mta.info. MTA. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ^ Kabak, Benjamin (February 16, 2012). "What future the Second Ave. Subway?". Second Avenue Sagas. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f "NYCT Line by Line History". www.erictb.info. Retrieved February 21, 2016.
- ^ "Changes in BMT service". New York Division Bulletin. 8 (8). Electric Railroaders' Association. August 1965.
- ^ "New York City Transit Authority Service Notes" (PDF). New York Division Bulletin. 5 (2). Electric Railroaders' Association: 2. May 1962.
- ^ "Showing Image 36091".
- ^ "If You Ride These Subway Lines, You Know Something Drastic Has To Be Done". TheJoeKorNer.com. New York City Transit Authority. 1986. Retrieved October 30, 2016.
- ^ "MTA | Press Release | NYC Transit | Major Subway Changes Set for Monday". www.mta.info. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
- ^ "Evaluation of 2010 Service Reductions" (PDF). mta.info. New York City Transit. September 23, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2016.
- ^ Schuerman, Matthew (June 25, 2010). "A Guide to NYC Bus and Subway Service Cuts". WNYC News. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ DeJesus, Juan (June 25, 2010). "Last Stop: New Yorkers Bid Adieu to V and W". NBC New York. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ BMT West End Line
- ^ "B D M N Q R W Weekday Service Manhattan Bridge Map" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 2004. Archived from the original on February 5, 2004. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Son, Hugh (February 15, 2004). "ABC's of subway swap Manhattan Bridge fix changes 7 lines". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ a b c Reeves, Hope (October 26, 2006). "The Second Avenue Subway Is Brought to You by the Letter T". New York Magazine. Retrieved August 2, 2009.
- ^ a b Haddon, Heather (June 20, 2010). "V and W trains join a long list of routes that have bowed out of the subways - am New York". amny.com. amNewYork. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Haughney, Christine (August 22, 2011). "Train Line Far From Arrival Has a Color to Be Noticed". The New York Times. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
- ^ Hirschman, David (July 21, 2008). "The T Train: NYC Will Get Its First New Subway Line in 70 Years". Wired. No. Aug '08. p. 36. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
The old (1960s) T service was also called the West End train. The reference was to Brooklyn. By contrast, the new T service will serve the East Side of Manhattan, and 'will unite the Upper and Lower East Sides.'
- ^ a b "Making the Case" (PDF). fta.dot.gov. Federal Transit Administration. August 20, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2013. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
- ^ a b "Second Avenue Subway Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS): Chapter 5B: Transportation—Subway and Commuter Rail" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 2004. Retrieved December 17, 2016.