What is the name of the New York City subway?

Answer 1

The first "subway" lines in NYC were in fact elevated lines. In Manhattan, these ran along 2nd, 3rd, 6th and 9th Aves. None of these elevated lines exist anymore; the last of them were torn down in the 1950's or so.

The first true underground subway (aside from a few short experimental lines) that exists to this day was the original IRT line in Manhattan, which ran from City Hall (the current 4/5/6 station) up to Grand Central, then west across 42nd St to Times Square (using what are now the tracks for the Times Square - Grand Central Shuttle), then north (on the current 1/2/3 line) to 145th St and Broadway. This line first opened in 1904 and was operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit company, and in the next few years this line was gradually extended northward.

Later on, the track connections at 42nd St were mostly severed, and both north-south lines extended into the "H" configuration that exists today. Extensions were also added into the Bronx and Brooklyn, and the (7) line was built in the so-called "Dual Contracts" era where subway service was provided by the IRT company and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit / Brooklyn Manhattan Transit (BRT / BMT) company, before the operations of both were taken over and unified by the city.

One track connection still remains between the Times Square-Grand Central Shuttle and the uptown (1) track just north of Times Square - you can see this looking out the right-hand side of an uptown (1) train after it leaves Times Square, or at the extreme west end of the Times Square Shuttle station - there is a segment of the platform which is hinged so it can be lifted, and underneath it is a track extension from the shuttle to the uptown (1) line. It's not used for revenue service, but only occasionally in order to move cars from one line to the other.

Answer 2

The New York City subway and bus systems are run by the NYCTA (New York City Transit Authority), which in turn is run by the MTA (Metropolitan Transit Authority), which is the state-level transit authority.

The names of the New York City subway lines, as well as their color codes, are:

The A-C-E (the blue line)

The 1-2-3 (the red line)

The N-R-Q-W (the yellow line)

The B-D-F-M (the orange line)

The 4-5-6 (the dark green line)

The G train (the light green line)

The 7 train (the purple line)

The J-Z (the brown line)

The L train (color code grey)

The S shuttle trains (also color code grey). There are three: one runs from Times Square (West 42nd Street) and Grand Central Station (East 42nd Street) and back, another in Brooklyn connects the Franklin Avenue stop on the A and C trains with the Franklin Avenue stop on the 3 and 4 trains, the Botanic Garden stop, and the Prospect Park stop on the N, Q, B and D trains, and another, also in Brooklyn, connects Rockaway Park to Broad Channel.

Note that the M train used to be on the brown line. It used to be, the J-M-Z was the brown line, and the B-D-F-V was the orange line. But as of July 2010, there is no more V train, and the M train is now on the orange line.

See the Related Link below for a complete New York City subway map. It's on the MTA's official website, so you can access lots of other information about the NYCTA and MTA there too.

Answer 3

The New York City subway system doesn't have a name. It's just, "the subway." The individual lines are assigned colors, and the trains on those lines are assigned numbers or letters: the A-C-E (the blue line), the 1-2-3 (the red line), the G train (the light green line), the 4-5-6 (the dark green line), the B-D-F-M (the orange line), the J-Z (the brown line), the 7 train (the purple line), the N-R-Q-W (the yellow line) and the S shuttle trains (color grey).

Answer 4

The first New York City subway line was the IRT, aka the Lexington Avenue Line. Today it is called the 4-5-6, or the dark green line.

The second New York City subway line was the BMT, aka the Broadway line. Today it is called the 1-2-3, or the red line.