Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The 5 Lexington Avenue Express [3] is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored forest green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan. [4] The 5 train operates 24 hours, although service patterns vary based on the time of day.
The New York State Transit Commission announced plans to extend the southbound platforms at seven stations on the line from Jackson Avenue to 177th Street to accommodate ten-car trains for $81,900 on August 8, 1934. The platform at Prospect Avenue would be lengthened from 349 feet (106 m) to 496 feet (151 m). [11]
The B stops at two stations named Seventh Avenue, located along the BMT Brighton Line in Brooklyn and the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The D stops at three stations with 50th Street in the name: 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center on the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, 50th Street on the West End Line in Brooklyn ...
East New York Yard in 2017. East New York Yard (also known as DO (District Office) Yard from its telegraphy letters) is primarily used to store the R143s used on the L and J/Z, R160s used on the J, L, M, and Z, and R179s used on the J and Z. Subway equipment is inspected and maintained here on a regular basis. [23] [45] [46]
5 train. to Wakefield–241st ... Prospect Avenue: Jackson Avenue: Third Avenue–149th Street: ... This is a route-map template for the 5, a New York City Subway ...
[17] [18] In July 1959, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) announced that it would install fluorescent lighting at the Prospect Avenue station and five other stations along the Fourth Avenue Line for between $175,000 and $200,000. Bids on the project were to be advertised on August 7, 1959 and completed by fall 1960.
The Gun Hill Road station is an express station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway.Located at the intersection of Gun Hill and White Plains Roads in the Williamsbridge neighborhood of the Bronx, [3] it is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction; limited a.m. rush hour 5 trains from Manhattan also terminate at this ...
The New York State Legislature agreed to give the MTA $9.6 billion for capital improvements in April 1993. Some of the funds would be used to renovate nearly one hundred New York City Subway stations, [128] [129] including the BMT platforms at Fulton Street and the IND platform at Broadway–Nassau Street. [130]