The Interboro Rapid transit (IRT) was said to be the first subway in the New York City Transit system. Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't. The first subway in Manhattan was the Pneumatic tube system built in 1869. Additionally, the first subway in Brooklyn was the Atlantic Ave tunnel built in 1844 as part of the L.I.R.R. There were also four Manhattan els along Second, Third, Sixth, and Ninth Aves during the 1880s in addition to Brooklyn's more extensive network of els during that time period. The IRT took control of the four Manhattan els but also built the current IRT system consisting of today's 1 to 7 trains. It was October 27, 1904 when the IRT first operated the 9.1 mile long subway line consisting of 28 stations from City Hall to 145st. There used to be an train on a remnant of the Third Ave El in the Bronx but that was demolished in 1973. There was also a train along the Seventh Avenue subway 1989 - 2005.

IRT LINES INDIVIDUALLY

1	THE BROADWAY SEVENTH AVE LOCAL	ORIGINAL ROUTE WENT FROM 145st TO TIMES SQUARE, TURNED EAST ON THE 42nd STREET SHUTTLE, AND WENT TO CITY HALL ON LEXINGTON AVE LINE 10/27/1904	THERE WERE ONLY 28 STATIONS ON A 9.1 STRETCH OF TRACKS 1904	THIS EARLY LINE EXTENDED BEYOND 145st FROM 149st TO BRONX PARK 1905	THE DUAL CONTRACTS WAS IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY TO BUILD ADDITIONAL LINES OF THE IRT AND BMT 1913	THE IRT EXTENTION OF THE SEVENTH AVE LINE SOUTH OF TIMES SQUARE WAS BUILT 1913	THE IRT EXTENTION OF THE LEXINGTON AVE LINE NORTH OF GRAND CENTRAL WAS BUILT 1913	THE SECTION BETWEEN TIMES SQUARE AND GRAND CENTRAL WAS TURNED INTO THE 42nd STREET SHUTTLE 1913	WENT FROM 137st BROADWAY TO SOUTH FERRY 1948 - 1959	IRT LINES STARTED USING NUMBERS FOR THEIR TRAINS IN 1956	THIS LINE BECAME KNOWN AS THE 1 TRAIN IN 1956	1 TRAIN WENT FROM 137st BROADWAY TO SOUTH FERRY OR 242st TO SOUTH FERRY 1959 - 1967	1 TRAIN WENT FROM 137st BROADWAY TO SOUTH FERRY OR 242st OR DYKEMAN TO SOUTH FERRY 1967 - 1969	1 TRAIN WENT FROM 242st TO SOUTH FERRY 1972 - 1989	CORTLANDT, RECTOR, AND SOUTH FERRY CLOSED AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS 9/11/01	CHAMBERS STREET CLOSED FOR THE 1 AND 2 TRAINS 9/11/01	THE 1 TRAIN WAS REROUTED TO GO FROM 242ST TO NEW LOTS BECAUSE CORTLANDT, RECTOR, AND SOUTH FERRY WERE OFF LIMITS AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	THE 3 TRAIN WAS REROUTED TO GO FROM LENOX TERMINAL TO 14ST 9/11/01	PARK PLACE WAS CLOSED FOR THE 1 AND 2 TRAINS 9/11/01	THE 9 TRAIN WAS CLOSED 9/11/01	CHAMBERS ST STATION REOPENS FOR THE 1 AND 2 TRAINS TEN DAYS LATER ON 9/21/01	THE PARK PLACE STATION REOPENS FOR THE 1 AND 2 TRAINS 47 DAYS LATER ON 10/28/01	THE 9 TRAIN REOPENS AFTER A YEAR AND FOUR DAYS ON 9/15/02	RECTOR AND SOUTH FERRY REOPEN FOR THE 1 AND 9 TRAINS AFTER A YEAR AND FOUR DAYS ON 9/15/02	CORTLANDT STATION STILL CLOSED FOR THE 1 AND 9 TRAINS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE	THE 1 WENT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL 242ST TO SOUTH FERRY ROUTE A YEAR AND FOUR DAYS LATER 9/15/02	THE 3 WENT BACK TO ITS LENOX TERMINAL TO NEW LOTS ROUTE A YEAR AND FOUR DAYS LATER 9/15/02	CORTLANDT WILL REOPEN FOR THE 1 TRAIN IN 2007
2	THE WHITE PLAINS SEVENTH AVE EXPRESS	ORIGINAL ROUTE WENT FROM 145st TO TIMES SQUARE, TURNED EAST ON THE 42nd STREET SHUTTLE, AND WENT TO CITY HALL ON LEXINGTON AVE LINE 10/27/1904	IT REACHED WHITE PLAINS 241st BY 1917	IT REACHED BROOKLYN COLLEGE BY 1920	WENT FROM E 241st TO UTICA 1939 TO 1959	IRT LINES STARTED USING NUMBERS FOR THEIR TRAINS 1956	THIS LINE BECAME KNOWN AS THE 2 TRAIN IN 1956	WENT FROM E 241st TO UTICA OR ATLANTIC 1959 - 1966	WENT FROM E 241st TO NEW LOTS 1966	THE 2  CONTINUED GOING FROM E 241st TO NEW LOTS UNTIL 1978	THE 2 WENT FROM E 241st TO SOUTH FERRY IN 1989	CHAMBERS STREET CLOSED FOR THE 1 AND 2 TRAINS AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	PARK PLACE CLOSED FOR THE 1 AND 2 TRAINS 9/11/01	CHAMBERS ST STATION REOPENS FOR THE 1 AND 2 TRAIN TEN DAYS LATER ON 9/21/01	PARK PLACE STATION REOPENS FOR THE 1 AND 2 TRAINS 47 DAYS LATER ON 10/28/01
3	THE LENOX SEVENTH AVE LOCAL	ORIGINAL ROUTE WENT FROM 145st TO TIMES SQUARE, TURNED EAST ON THE 42nd STREET SHUTTLE, AND WENT TO CITY HALL ON LEXINGTON AVE LINE 10/27/1904	THE LENOX LINE TO 145ST WAS THE SECOND PART OF THE IRT SUBWAY TO OPEN 11/23/1904	TRAINS WENT TO CITY HALL UNTIL SEVENTH AVE BRANCH WAS COMPLETED 7/1/18	LATER, IT BECAME LOCAL TO SOUTH FERRY CROSSING OVER TODAYS #1 TRAIN AT 96ST	IT REACHED NEW LOTS AVE BY 1920	WENT FROM 180st BRONX PARK TO FLATBUSH 1939 - 1959	RUSH HOUR EXPRESSES BEGIN OPERATING TO FLATBUSH 1/4/55	A FEW LAYUPS AND PUT IN CARS WENT TO NEW LOTS 1/4/55	IRT LINES STARTED USING NUMBERS FOR THEIR TRAINS 1956	THIS LINE WAS KNOWN AS THE 3 TRAIN 1956	WENT FROM DYRE AVE TO NEW LOTS 1959	ALSO FROM E 180st TO NEW LOTS 1959	ALSO FROM DYRE AVE TO E 180st 1959	ALSO FROM 145st TO LENOX 1959	ALSO FROM 241st TO FLATBUSH 1959	WEST SIDE IMPROVEMENT HAD TRAINS NO LONGER SWITCH AT 96ST 2/6/59	SERVICE RUNS TO FLATBUSH ALL TIMES ACCEPT NIGHTS 2/6/59	SERVICE TO NEW LOTS AT ALL TIMES ACCEPT NIGHTS 4/8/60	THE 3 WENT TO FLATBUSH AGAIN 4/18/65	THE 3 WENT FROM 145st TO FLATBUSH 1966 - 1967	148ST LENOX TERMINAL OPENED 5/13/68	THE 3 WENT FROM 148st LENOX TERMINAL TO FLATBUSH 1968 - 1978	CURRENT PRACTICE OF STARTING SUNDAY SERVICE LATE BEGINS 5/23/76	THE 3 WAS SENT BACK TO NEW LOTS SO IT COULD MORE READILY ACCESS THE LIVONIA SHOPS 7/10/83	THE 3 WENT FROM 148ST LENOX TO NEW LOTS 1989	THE 3 TRAIN WAS REROUTED TO GO FROM LENOX TERMINAL TO 14ST AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	THE 1 TRAIN WAS REROUTED TO GO FROM 242ST TO NEW LOTS BECAUSE CORTLANDT, RECTOR, AND SOUTH FERRY WERE OFF LIMITS AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	THE 1 WENT BACK TO ITS ORIGINAL 242ST TO SOUTH FERRY ROUTE A YEAR AND FOUR DAYS LATER 9/15/02	THE 3 WENT BACK TO ITS LENOX TERMINAL TO NEW LOTS ROUTE A YEAR AND FOUR DAYS LATER 9/15/02
9	THE BROADWAY SEVENTH AVE LOCAL	THE 9 TRAIN WAS CREATED AS A SKIP STOP SERVICE WITH 1 TRAIN 1989	IT RUNS ONLY WEEKDAYS AND SAVES TIME AND INCREASES FREQUENCY 1989	THE 9 TRAIN WAS CLOSED AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	CORTLANDT, RECTOR, AND SOUTH FERRY WERE OFF LIMITS AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	THE 9 TRAIN WAS REOPENED AFTER 1 YEAR AND FOUR DAYS ON 9/15/02	RECTOR AND SOUTH FERRY REOPENED AFTER 1 YEAR AND FOUR DAYS FOR THE 1 AND 9 TRAINS ON 9/15/02	CORTLANDT STATION STILL CLOSED FOR THE 9 AND 1 TRAINS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE	THE 9 TRAIN WAS PHASED OUT IN FAVOR OF A FULL TIME 1 TRAIN ON MAY 31, 2005
4	THE JEROME LEXINGTON EXPRESS	ORIGINAL ROUTE WENT FROM 145st TO TIMES SQUARE, TURNED EAST ON THE 42nd STREET SHUTTLE, AND WENT TO CITY HALL ON LEXINGTON AVE LINE 10/27/1904	WALL ST AND FULTON ST OPENED 6/12/1905	IT ALSO EXTENDED BEYOND CITY HALL INTO BROOKLYN 1908 - 1920	THE DUAL CONTRACTS WAS IMPLEMENTED BY THE CITY TO BUILD ADDITIONAL LINES OF THE IRT AND BMT 1913	THE IRT EXTENTION OF THE SEVENTH AVE LINE SOUTH OF TIMES SQUARE WAS BUILT 1913	THE IRT EXTENTION OF THE LEXINGTON AVE LINE NORTH OF GRAND CENTRAL WAS BUILT 1913	THE SECTION BETWEEN TIMES SQUARE AND GRAND CENTRAL WAS TURNED INTO THE 42nd STREET SHUTTLE 1913	SHUTTLES BEGIN OPERATING BETWEEN 149ST AND KINGSBRIDGE IN ADVANCE OF THROUGH ROUTING LEXINGTON SERVICE 6/2/17	JEROME AVE EL FIRST OPENED IN THE BRONX 1918	AN EXTENTION WAS BUILT BY THE NEW YORK AND NORTHERN RAILROAD JULY 1, 1918	THIS CONNECTED THE SIXTH AND NINTH AVE ELS WITH THE #4 TRAIN IN THE BRONX USING THE SEDGWICK CONNECTION AT 8TH AVE AND 155ST JULY 1, 1918	IT REACHED WOODLAWN 4/15/18	COMPLETED TO GRAND CENTRAL STATION 7/17/18	EXTENDED TO UTICA RUSH HOURS 8/23/1920	WEEKDAY SERVICE EXTENDED TO UTICA 12/5/27	MIDDAY SERVICE EXTENDED FROM SOUTH FERRY TO UTICA 1928	SOUTH FERRY, UTICA, AND ATLANTIC WERE THE TERMINALS TRAINS RAN TO OVER THE DECADES	IT WENT FROM WOODLAWN TO UTICA OR NEW LOTS 1939 - 1959	WENT LATE NIGHTS TO NEW LOTS 12/20/46	FOUR RUSH HOUR TRAINS OPERATE TO FLATBUSH 12/15/50 - 5/3/57	IRT LINES STARTED USING NUMBERS FOR THEIR TRAINS 1956	KNOWN AS THE 5 TRAIN IN 1956	IT WENT FROM WOODLAWN TO UTICA OR ATLANTIC 1959 - 1966	NEARLY ALL AM RUSH HOUR TRAINS RAN TO FLATBUSH AND PM ALTERNATED BETWEEN FLATBUSH AND UTICA 4/8/60	THE 4 WENT FROM WOODLAWN TO UTICA, ATLANTIC, OR FLATBUSH 1967 - 1972	THE 4 WENT FROM WOODLAWN TO FLATBUSH 1972 - 1978	ALL TRAINS TO UTICA, EXCEPT MIDDAYS AND LOCALS EXTENDED TO NEW LOTS 7/10/83	MIDDAY TRAINS EXTENDED TO UTICA 1/18/88	THE 4 WENT FROM WOODLAWN TO UTICA OR WOODLAWN TO NEW LOTS 1989	WALL STREET STATION CLOSED FOR THE 4 AND 5 TRAINS AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	WALL STREET REOPENED FOR THE 4 AND 5 TRAINS TEN DAYS LATER ON 9/21/01
5	THE WHITE PLAINS LEXINGTON EXPRESS	ORIGINAL ROUTE WENT FROM 145st TO TIMES SQUARE, TURNED EAST ON THE 42nd STREET SHUTTLE, AND WENT TO CITY HALL ON LEXINGTON AVE LINE 10/27/1904	BROOKLYN BRIDGE STATION OPENED 10/27/1904	JACKSON, PROSPECT, INTERVALE, SIMPSON, FREEMAN, 174ST, AND WEST FARMS OPENED 11/26/1904	BOWLING GREEN OPENED 7/10/1905	149ST AND 149ST/THIRD AVE OPENED 7/10/1905	IT REACHED WHITE PLAINS 241st 3/31/1917	E 180 ST WAS THE LONG TIME TERMINAL AND OPENED 3/8/1917	GRAND CENTRAL, 59ST, 86ST, 125ST, AND 138ST OPENED 7/17/1918	IT REACHED BROOKLYN COLLEGE BY 8/23/1920	SATURDAY SERVICE TO UTICA 4/28/30	IT WENT FROM 241ST OR E 180ST TO ATLANTIC OR UTICA 1934	SUNDAY SERVICE TO NEW LOTS 7/24/38 - 9/18/38	SUNDAY AFTERNOON SERVICE TO NEW LOTS 7/10/39	ALTERNATE SUNDAY MORNUNG SERVICE TO NEW LOTS 12/22/46	SERVICE TO UTICA ALL DAY SUNDAYS 3/5/1950	IRT LINES STARTED USING NUMBERS FOR THEIR TRAINS 1956	KNOWN AS THE 5 TRAIN IN 1956	SEVERAL RUSH HOUR TRAINS TO FLATBUSH REPLACING THE JEROME EXPRESS 5/3/57	5 TRAIN SERVICE BEGINS STARTING LATE ON SUNDAY MORNINGS 5/23/76	5 TRAIN MIDDAY SERVICE CUT FROM ATLANTIC TO BOWLING GREEN 5/24/76	5 TRAIN RE-EXTENDED TO ATLANTIC 1980	MOST  RUSH HOUR 5 TRAINS OPERATE TO FLATBUSH 7/10/83	SOME PUT IN/LAYUP CARS WERE SENT TO UTICA OR NEW LOTS 7/10/83	THE 5 REPLACED THE 2 TO FLATBUSH DURING SOME WORK 1980s	DURING CONSTRUCTION PERIODS, THE 2 GETS ROUTED TO THE LEXINGTON SUBWAY	5 TRAIN MIDDAY SERVICE CUT BACK TO BOWLING GREEN TO ALLOW 4 TRAIN TO UTICA 1/18/88	THE 5 TRAIN IS OCCASIONALLY ROUTED 7TH AVE TO SOUTH FERRY DURING WEEKEND CONSTRUCTION 1990s	WALL ST STATION CLOSED FOR THE 4 AND 5 TRAINS AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	WALL ST REOPENED TEN DAYS LATER FOR THE 4 AND 5 TRAINS ON 9/21/01
5	THE DYRE AVE LEXINGTON EXPRESS	THE NEW YORK, WESTCHESTER, AND BOSTON RAILWAY OPERATED 1912 TO 1937	IT WENT FROM 133ST HARLEM RIVER TO PORTCHESTER AND WHITE PLAINS COUNTIES IN WESTCHESTER	THE CITY PURCHASED THE TRACKS FROM THE BANKRUPT RAILROAD AND MADE IT PART OF THE SUBWAY SYSTEM	THE CITY BOUGHT THE NEW YORK, WESTCHESTER, AND BOSTON RAILWAY BETWEEN E 180 ST AND THE CITY LINE IN 5/15/1941	MORRIS PARK, PELHAM PARKWAY, GUN HILL ROAD, BAYCHESTER AVE, AND DYRE AVE WERE PURCHASED 5/15/1941	THE SHUTTLE SERVICE WENT FROM E 180 ST TO DYRE AVE 5/15/1941	IT WAS KNOWN AS THE 9 TRAIN 1956 - 1966	RENAMED THE SS TRAIN USING THE SAME ROUTE 1967	THIS SHUTTLE PHASED OUT AND BECAME AN EXTENTION OF THE 5 TRAIN 1973 - PRESENT
6	THE PELHAM LEXINGTON LOCAL AND PELHAM EXPRESS	ORIGINAL ROUTE WENT FROM 145st TO TIMES SQUARE, TURNED EAST ON THE 42nd STREET SHUTTLE, AND WENT TO CITY HALL ON LEXINGTON AVE LINE 10/27/1904	PELHAM BAY PARK BRANCH WAS JUST BEING BUILT IN THE BRONX 1913	138ST/THIRD AVE OPENED 8/1/18	EXTENDED TO HUNTS POINT ROAD 1/8/19	EXTENDED TO 177ST 5/30/20	EXTENDED TO WESTCHESTER SQUARE 10/24/20	COMPLETED TO PELHAM BAY PARK 12/20/20	IT WENT FROM PELHAM PARK TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE 1920 - 1964	IRT LINES STARTED USING NUMBERS FOR THEIR TRAINS 1956	KNOWN AS THE 6 TRAIN IN 1956	6 TRAIN WENT FROM PELHAM BAY PARK OR E 177st TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE 1964 - 1966	6 TRAIN WENT FROM PELHAM BAY PARK OR E 177st TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE OR SOUTH FERRY 1967 - 1972	6 TRAIN WENT FROM PELHAM BAY PARK TO SOUTH FERRY 1972 - 1978	6 TRAIN WENT FROM PELHAM BAY PARK TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE 1978 - PRESENT	6 TRAIN LATE NIGHT SERVICE CUT BACK TO 125st SO 4 COULD GO LOCAL 1980	6 TRAIN WENT TO BROOKLYN ONLY ONCE 3/4/1985	EXPRESS 6 TRAIN  SERVICE IN BRONX EXTENDED TO MIDDAYS TO MANHATTEN UNTIL NOON, THEN TO PELHAM 1995	LATE NIGHT 6 SERVICE RE-EXTENDED TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE BUT 4 KEPT LOCAL 1999	THE BRONX PORTION OF THE 6 TRAIN MAY BE CONNECTED WITH THE PROPOSED SECOND AVE SUBWAY
7	THE FLUSHING LOCAL AND EXPRESS	THE EAST RIVER TUNNELS WERE BUILT TO CONNECT L.I.R.R. FEB 25, 1885	PROJECT FELL THROUGH BECAUSE OF MISHAPS AND STAYED UNFINISHED UNTIL 1902	RENAMED THE STEINWAY TUNNELS FROM AUGUST BELMONT IN 1902	MORE RED TAPE KEPT THE TUNNEL IDLE FOR MORE YEARS	TUNNELS WERE PURCHASED FROM THE CITY AND PLACED UNDER IRT OPERATION APRIL 3, 1913	THE FIRST TEST TRIP AS AN IRT TRAIN WAS MADE 6/13/1915	SERVICE WENT FROM VERNON JACKSON TO GRAND CENTRAL 6/13/1915	THE WOODSIDE AND CORONA SUBWAY SERVICE WENT FROM QUEENSBORO PLAZA TO GRAND CENTRAL 6/22/1915	EXTENDED TO HUNTERS POINT 2/15/16	EXTENDED TO 103RD ST 4/21/17	THE SUBWAY SERVICE EXTENDED TO TIMES SQUARE 4/21/1917	THE FLUSHING EL CONNECTED WITH THE IRT SECOND AVE EL VIA QUEENSBORO BRIDGE 4/23/17	THE IRT SECOND AVE EL #4 TRAIN WENT FROM SOUTH FERRY TO WILLETS POINT 7/23/17	ADDITIONALLY, THE BMT LINE SERVED CORONA LINE FROM MAIN STREET TO QUEENSBORO PLAZA 1924	BMT LINE NAMED 9 TRAIN 1924	9 TRAIN WENT FROM QUEENSBORO PLAZA TO WILLETS POINT 1924	EXTENDED TO 111ST 10/13/25	THE SUBWAY SERVICE EXTENDED TO MAIN STREET FLUSHING 1/21/1928	THE CORONA SHOPS OPENED 1928	THE WORLD'S FAIR IRT CARS MADE THEIR DEBUT 4/24/39	QUEENSBORO BRIDGE CEASED CONNECTIONS WITH SECOND AVE EL 6/13/1942	R12 TRAINS ARRIVE BEING THE FIRST TO DESIGNATE NUMBERS ON THE FRONT AND SIDES 1948	THE SUBWAY SERVICE BECAME THE MAIN ROUTE ON THE EL 1948	SUBWAY SERVICE WAS LATER KNOWN AS THE 7 TRAIN IN 1948	7 TRAIN WENT FROM TIMES SQUARE TO MAIN ST 1948 - PRESENT	ROUTES THRU QUEENSBORO PLAZA WERE CONSOLIDATED, NORTHERN PORTION OF STRUCTURE TORN DOWN 1949	BMT 9 TRAIN PHASED OUT. THE SUBWAY SERVICE BECAME THE SOLE ROUTE ON THE EL 1949	STEINWAY TUNNEL WAS SUPPOSED TO RUN TO APPROXIMATELY 42st AND 10th AVE BACK IN 1887	7 TRAIN WILL BE EXTENDED TO ELEVENTH AVE TERMINATING AT THE JACOB JAVETTS CONVENTION CENTER BY 2014
S	THE 42st SHUTTLE	THIS WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL LINE LINKING THE LEXINGTON AVE WITH THE SEVENTH AVE LINE 1904	THE LEXINGTON AVE SUBWAY EXTENDED FURTHER NORTH OF 42ND STREET IN 1913	THE SEVENTH AVE SUBWAY EXTENDED FURTHER SOUTH OF 42ND STREET IN 1913	THE LEFTOVER PARTS BECAME TODAY'S SHUTTLE ONCE IT WAS CUT FROM THE LEXINGTON AVE AND SEVENTH AVE LINES 1913	KNOWN AS THE SS TRAIN 1967 TO 5/5/86	RENAMED THE S TRAIN 1986 TO PRESENT





ABANDONED IRT EL SERVICES

THE NINTH AVE EL	KNOWN AS THE HARVEY RAILROAD 7/3/1868	THE NINTH AVE EL WENT FROM SOUTH FERRY TO BATTERY PLACE 7/3/1868	BECAME THE WEST SIDE AND YONKERS RAILWAY 1870	IT EXTENDED FROM BATTERY PLACE TO 30TH STREET IN 1870	BECAME THE NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILWAY OCT 1871	THE NINTH AVE EL EXTENDED TO 34TH ST IN 1873	REORGANIZED AS THE MANHATTAN RAILWAY 3/1/1879	IT WAS EXTENDED FROM 34TH TO 155TH / 8TH AVE IN 1879	THE NINTH AND SIXTH AVE ELS WERE DOUBLE DECKER ELS FROM 59TH TO 104TH IN 1879	IT REACHED 110TH ST ON THE TALLEST EL IN THE CITY KNOWN AS SUICIDE CURVE IN 1879	IT CONTINUED FROM 110TH TO 155TH / 8TH AVE IN 1879	LEASED TO THE INTERAPID TRANSIT (IRT) AND ELECTRIFIED 4/1/1903	AN EXTENTION WAS BUILT BY THE NEW YORK AND NORTHERN RAILROAD 7/1/1918	THIS CONNECTED THE SIXTH AND NINTH AVE ELS WITH THE #4 TRAIN IN THE BRONX USING THE SEDGWICK CONNECTION AT 8TH AVE AND 155TH ST 7/1/1918	EXTENDED BEYOND 167TH ST ALL THE WAY TO WOODLAWN 1/2/1919	NINTH AVE EL ABANDONED AFTER THE IND TAKEOVER OF THE IRT AND BMT PROPERTIES 6/1/1940	SEDGWICK CONNECTION CONTINUED TO EXIST AS THE POLO GROUNDS SHUTTLE FROM 155 ST TO 167TH ST UNTIL 1958	IT WAS THE ONLY TRANSIT CONNECTION WITH THE NY CENTRAL PUTNAM DIVISION TERMINAL 1958	PUTNAM DIVISION CLOSED AS WELL WHEN THE GIANTS MOVED WEST 1958
THE SIXTH AVE EL	KNOWN AS THE GILBERT ELEVATED 6/13/1872	THE SIXTH AVE EL WENT FROM RECTOR TO 50TH IN 1872	LOST CONTROL OF COMPANY 1873	RENAMED THE METROPOLITAN ELEVATED RAILWAY 1875	THE SIXTH AVE EL EXTENDED TO 58TH IN 1878	BECAME THE MANHATTAN RAILWAY 9/1/1879	THE SIXTH AVE EL TURNED WEST ALONG 53RD ST UNTIL IT CONNECTED WITH THE NINTH AVE EL IN 1879	THE SIXTH AND NINTH AVE ELS WERE ON A DOUBLE DECKER EL FROM 59TH TO 104TH IN 1879	IT REACHED 110TH ST ON THE TALLEST EL IN THE CITY KNOWN AS SUICIDE CURVE IN 1879	IT CONTINUED FROM 110TH TO 155TH / 8TH AVE IN 1879	LEASED TO THE INTERAPID TRANSIT (IRT) AND ELECTRIFIED 4/1/1903	AN EXTENTION WAS BUILT BY THE NEW YORK AND NORTHERN RAILROAD 7/1/1918	THIS CONNECTED THE SIXTH AND NINTH AVE ELS WITH THE #4 TRAIN IN THE BRONX USING THE SEDGWICK CONNECTION AT 8TH AVE AND 155TH ST 7/1/1918	EXTENDED BEYOND 167TH ST ALL THE WAY TO WOODLAWN 1/2/1919	SIXTH AVE EL ABANDONED AFTER THE IND TAKEOVER OF IRT AND BMT PROPERTIES 12/4/1938	SEDGWICK CONNECTION CONTINUED TO EXIST AS THE POLO GROUNDS SHUTTLE FROM 155 ST TO 167TH ST UNTIL 1958	IT WAS THE ONLY TRANSIT CONNECTION WITH THE NY CENTRAL PUTNAM DIVISION TERMINAL 1958	PUTNAM DIVISION CLOSED AS WELL WHEN THE GIANTS MOVED WEST 1958
THE SECOND AVE EL	SECOND AVE EL FIRST BUILT ON ALLEN AND DIVISION STREETS 2/24/1879	THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY CONTINUED CONSTRUCTION AFTER TAKING CONTROL OF SIXTH AVE EL 9/1/1879	FIRST TEST TRAIN RAN FROM SOUTH FERRY TO 65TH ST 1/15/1880	BECAME THE MANHATTAN RAILWAY 3/1/1880	OPENED TO THE PUBLIC 3/1/1880	CHATHAM SQUARE WAS THE TRANSFER POINT BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD AVE ELS ON 6/19/1882	A CONNECTING BRIDGE WAS BUILT TO CONNECT THE SECOND AND THIRD AVE ELS 9/25/1882	LEASED TO THE INTERAPID TRANSIT (IRT) AND ELECTRIFIED 4/1/1903	SERVICE VIA THE QUEENSBORO BRIDGE WAS INSTITUTED TO BOTH THE ASTORIA EL AND FLUSHING EL 7/23/1917	THE SECOND AVE EL #3 TRAIN WENT FROM SOUTH FERRY TO DITMARS 7/23/1917	THE SECOND AVE EL #4 TRAIN WENT FROM SOUTH FERRY TO WILLETS POINT 7/23/1917	THE SECOND AVE EL ALSO CONNECTED TO E 241st ALONG TODAY'S 5 TRAIN IN THE BRONX 1917	SECOND AVE EL ABANDONED 1942 AFTER THE IND TAKEOVER OF IRT AND BMT PROPERTIES	THE FLUSHING AND ASTORIA ELS ARE THE ONLY REMAINS OF THE SECOND AVE EL STILL IN OPERATION TODAY	THE 7 TRAIN SERVES THE FLUSHING EL AND THE N,W TRAINS SERVE THE ASTORIA EL
THE THIRD AVE EL	BUILT BY THE NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILWAY 8/26/1878 AFTER TAKING CONTROL OF NINTH AVE EL	IT WENT FROM CHATHAM SQUARE TO 129TH ST 1878	BECAME THE MANHATTAN ELEVATED RAILWAY 9/1/1879	EXTENDED SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO SOUTH FERRY 6/19/1882	CHATHAM SQUARE WAS THE TRANSFER POINT BETWEEN THE SECOND AND THIRD AVE ELS ON 6/19/1882	A CONNECTING BRIDGE WAS BUILT TO CONNECT THE SECOND AND THIRD AVE ELS 9/25/1882	EXTENDED TO 174TH ST IN 1891	EXTENDED TO BRONX PARK IN 1902	LEASED TO THE INTERAPID TRANSIT (IRT) AND ELECTRIFIED 4/1/1903	EXTENDED TO GUN HILL ROAD 10/4/1920	THE THIRD AVE EL CONNECTED WITH THE WHITE PLAINS EL ALONG TODAY'S 2 AND 5 TRAIN IN THE BRONX 1920	THERE WAS A THIRD AVE LOCAL FROM SOUTH FERRY TO 129TH STREET IN 1948	THERE WAS A THIRD AVE EXPRESS FROM SOUTH FERRY TO E 241TH STREET IN 1948	THIRD AVE EL ABANDONED IN MANHATTAN AFTER THE IND TAKEOVER OF IRT AND BMT PROPERTIES 5/12/1955	BRONX PORTION OF THIRD AVE EL WENT FROM GUN HILL ROAD TO 149TH STREET FROM 1955 - 1967	KNOWN AS THE #8 TRAIN FROM GUN HILL ROAD TO 149TH STREET FROM 1967 - 1973	BRONX PORTION IRT #8 TRAIN ABANDONED 4/28/1973
THE 34TH STREET EL	BUILT BY THE NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILWAY 8/26/1878 AFTER TAKING CONTROL OF NINTH AVE EL	THIS ELEVATED SHUTTLE WENT FROM 3RD AVE/34TH STREET TO THE EAST RIVER	IT CONNECTED PASSENGERS WITH THE FERRY SERVICE TO QUEENS	IT WAS ELECTRIFIED 4/1/1903	SERVICE ENDED 7/14/1930
THE 42ND STREET EL	BUILT BY THE NEW YORK ELEVATED RAILWAY 8/26/1878 AFTER TAKING CONTROL OF NINTH AVE EL	THIS ELEVATED SHUTTLE WENT FROM 3RD AVE/42ND STREET UP TO THE FRONT OF GRAND CENTRAL STATION	THE EL WAS IN NO WAY CONNECTED TO GRAND CENTRAL BUT IT BROUGHT PASSENGERS TO THE FRONT DOOR WHEN THEY WALKED DOWN THE ELEVATED STEPS	IT WAS ELECTRIFIED 4/1/1903	SERVICE ENDED 12/6/1923





PHASED OUT IRT SERVICES




THE 135TH - 145TH SHUTTLE	THIS SHUTTLE WAS INSTITUTED IN 1967	SHUTTLE PHASED OUT 1968
THE BOWLING GREEN - SOUTH FERRY SHUTTLE	THIS SHUTTLE WAS INSTITUTED 1939 - 1966	KNOWN AS THE SS TRAIN 1967 - 2/13/1977
THE 155TH - 167TH SHUTTLE	THIS SHUTTLE WAS INSTITUTED IN 1939	SHUTTLE PHASED OUT IN 1948
THE LENOX 148TH - 135TH SHUTTLE	THIS SHUTTLE WAS INSTITUTED IN 1968	SHUTTLE PHASED OUT IN 1969







TRANSFER HERE TO LEARN ABOUT THESE IRT LINES

THE NINTH AVE EL	THE SIXTH AVE EL	THE SECOND AVE EL	THE THIRD AVE EL
THE BROADWAY - SEVENTH AVE LOCAL	THE WHITE PLAINS - SEVENTH AVE EXPRESS	THE LENOX AVE - SEVENTH AVE LOCAL	THE 1/9 SKIP STOP SERVICE
THE JEROME - LEXINGTON EXPRESS	THE WHITE PLAINS - LEXINGTON EXPRESS	THE PELHAM - LEXINGTON LOCAL AND EXPRESS	THE 42ND STREET SHUTTLE
THE 34TH STREET EL	THE 42ND STREET EL	THE FLUSHING LOCAL / EXPRESS	DYRE EXPRESS


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