IRT (A Division) lines

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IRT (A Division) lines are the narrower, original New York City Subway routes built to Interborough Rapid Transit specifications, requiring smaller-profile trains than those used on the B Division.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
IRT lines 3
A Division IRT lines 1
IRT (A Division) lines canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City Subway division ⓘ
rapid transit line group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs A Division ⓘ
IRT division ⓘ
builtToSpecificationOf Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
cannotShareTrainsWith B Division lines ⓘ
fareControlledBy Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
hasAbbreviation IRT ⓘ
hasDivisionCode A Division ⓘ
hasElectrification 600 V DC third rail ⓘ
hasInfrastructureType elevated ⓘ
open-cut ⓘ
underground ⓘ
hasLoadingGauge smaller than B Division ⓘ
hasOriginalOperatorRole first subway operator in New York City ⓘ
hasOriginalSegment City Hall–145th Street line ⓘ
hasOriginalTerminal City Hall station ⓘ
hasPlatformCompatibility only with A Division rolling stock ⓘ
hasService 1 train ⓘ
2 train ⓘ
3 train ⓘ
4 train ⓘ
42nd Street Shuttle ⓘ
5 train ⓘ
6 train ⓘ
7 train ⓘ
S (42nd Street Shuttle) ⓘ
hasTrackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
historicallyOperatedBy Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
integratedInto unified New York City Subway system ⓘ
locatedIn State of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York State
opened 1904 ⓘ
operatedBy Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
New York City Transit Authority ⓘ
partOf New York City Subway ⓘ
servesBorough Bronx ⓘ
linked to: The Bronx

Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
servesCity New York City ⓘ
usesCarLength 51-foot cars ⓘ
shorter cars than B Division ⓘ
usesCarWidth narrower cars than B Division ⓘ
usesFareSystem MetroCard ⓘ
OMNY contactless payment system ⓘ
linked to: OMNY
usesRollingStockProfile narrower car profile ⓘ
usesRollingStockType A Division rolling stock ⓘ
usesServiceDesignation numbers and shuttle designations ⓘ
usesSignageColorScheme numbered services ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

B Division subway cars → cannotOperateOn → IRT (A Division) lines ⓘ
BMT lines → differentFrom → IRT lines ⓘ
linked to: IRT (A Division) lines
Dual System of Rapid Transit → appliesToTransportationSystem → IRT lines ⓘ
linked to: IRT (A Division) lines
Kawasaki R142/R142A/R188 family → designedFor → A Division IRT lines ⓘ
linked to: IRT (A Division) lines
Interborough Rapid Transit legacy lines → alsoKnownAs → IRT lines ⓘ
linked to: IRT (A Division) lines
168th Street (IRT Ninth Avenue Line) former elevated station → railwaySystem → IRT elevated lines ⓘ
linked to: IRT (A Division) lines