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  2. New York City Subway map - Wikipedia

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    The transit map showed both New York and New Jersey, and was the first time that an MTA-produced subway map had done that. [78] Besides showing the New York City Subway, the map also includes the MTA's Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit lines, and Amtrak lines in the consistent visual language of the Vignelli map.

  3. New York City Subway - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, [14] an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [15]

  4. Subterranean New York City - Wikipedia

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    Water seepage is a problem in the underground spaces of NYC and pumping is necessary to divert it elsewhere. [1] [2] The predominant bedrock underneath NYC is Manhattan Schist. [3] Some subterranean spaces of New York city are inhabited by so-called Mole people. [4] They were the subject of a 2008 documentary called Voices in the Tunnels.

  5. New York City Subway stations - Wikipedia

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    The privately held IRT, founded in 1902, constructed and operated the first underground railway line in New York City. [ b ] The opening of the first line on October 27, 1904, is commonly cited as the opening of the modern New York City Subway, although some elevated lines of the IRT and BMT that were initially incorporated into the New York ...

  6. List of New York City Subway lines - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Subway is a heavy-rail public transit system serving four of the five boroughs of New York City. The present New York City Subway system inherited the systems of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND). New York City has owned the IND ...

  7. Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway - Wikipedia

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    In May 1963, the New York City Planning Commission proposed the following in response to the NYCTA's proposal: [71] An implementation of skip-stop service on the BMT Jamaica Line. [71] An extension of a proposed Madison Avenue Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line operating via 59th Street, with two branches.

  8. History of the New York City Subway - Wikipedia

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    The New York City Subway tried to keep its budget balanced between spending and revenue, so deferred maintenance became more common, which drew a slow but steady decline of the system and rolling stock. Furthermore, the workers were consolidated into the Transport Workers Union in 1968. A pension was set up, and workers were allowed to retire ...

  9. Transit map - Wikipedia

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    A transit map is a topological map in the form of a schematic diagram used to illustrate the routes and stations within a public transport system—whether this be bus, tram, rapid transit, commuter rail or ferry routes. Metro maps, subway maps, or tube maps of metropolitan railways are some common examples.