BMT Broadway Line | |||
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Overview | |||
Status | Operational | ||
Owner | City of New York | ||
Locale | Manhattan, New York City, New York | ||
Termini |
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Stations | 16 | ||
Service | |||
Type | Rapid transit line | ||
System | New York City Subway | ||
Operator(s) | New York City Transit Authority | ||
Daily ridership | 445,799[1] | ||
History | |||
Opened | April 9, 1917 | ||
Technical | |||
Character | Underground | ||
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | ||
Electrification | 600V DC third rail | ||
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The BMT Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan. As of November 2016[update], it is served by four services, all colored yellow: the N and Q trains on the express tracks and the R and W trains on the local tracks during weekdays (the N and Q trains make local stops during late nights, as do the N and R trains on weekends). The line is often referred to as the "N and R",[2][3] since those were the only services on the line from 1988 to 2001, when the Manhattan Bridge's southern tracks were closed for rebuilding. The Broadway Line was built to give the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (later the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT) access to Midtown Manhattan.
The line is named for its location under Broadway between Vesey Street and Seventh Avenue/45th Street (Times Square). It also passes under Vesey Street, Whitehall Street, Trinity Place, and Church Street in Lower Manhattan, and Seventh Avenue, 59th Street, and 60th Street in Midtown. The local tracks stretch the entire length between the two East River tunnels: the Montague Street Tunnel to the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn and the 60th Street Tunnel to the BMT Astoria Line and 60th Street Tunnel Connection in Queens. Center express tracks exist between Canal Street and 57th Street, turning off at Canal Street to feed the south tracks on the Manhattan Bridge, and continuing north and east under Central Park as the IND/BMT 63rd Street Line (connecting with the Second Avenue Subway). The Broadway Line was the only Manhattan outlet north of Delancey Street for the BMT's Brooklyn lines until 1967, when the opening of the Chrystie Street Connection allowed most BMT Brighton Line and BMT West End Line service to be moved to the IND Sixth Avenue Line.
And the only reason she was standing in the middle of Broadway was that she was below it. Underground. In the N and R subway station.
The Q, N, R and W trains would all run on N and R tracks in Manhattan.