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NEW YORK SUBWAY HISTORY

The New York subway was originally built as three separate subway systems.

The Interborough Rapid Transit or IRT was the first of these subway systems to open, following more than twenty years of public debate on the merits of subways versus the existing elevated rail system and on various proposed routes. It opened on October 27, 1904. The first IRT line to open ran between City Hall and Broadway and 145th Street.

The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit or BMT operated both elevated trains (els) and subways, mostly within Brooklyn or connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan and Queens. It was originally called the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company but was renamed in 1923.

The Independent Subway System or IND first opened in 1932, as a municipally-owned alternate to the two earlier private systems. The first IND line to open was the 8th Avenue line.

The three lines were unified and then operated by the New York City Transit Authority (now MTA New York City Transit) in 1940. However, the distinction between the three systems survives in the line numbering: IRT lines have numbers, BMT/IND letters. There's also a more physical but less obvious difference. IRT cars and tunnels are narrower than BMT and IND ones. Neither BMT nor IND cars can fit into IRT tunnels due to dangerously narrow clearances. IRT cars can travel on BMT/IND lines when necessary, but are not used for passenger service on those lines due to the dangerously wide gap between the car and the station platform.

 
   
 

 
 
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