IND Subway

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IND Subway is the city-owned Independent Subway System in New York City, built in the early 20th century to compete with private transit operators and now forming a core part of the modern NYC Subway.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the New York City Subway
rapid transit system
subway system
abbreviation IND
alsoKnownAs IND Division
Independent Subway System (IND)
surface form: Independent City-Owned Subway System
competedWith Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
surface form: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation

Interborough Rapid Transit Company
constructionBegan 1925
country United States of America
surface form: United States
designedFor wider subway cars than IRT
designPhilosophy to avoid IRT and BMT trackage and franchises
divisionOf New York City Subway
electrification third rail
fareControl unified city-operated system
fareIntegration unified with IRT and BMT after city takeover
firstSectionOpened September 10, 1932
fundedBy City of New York capital budget
governingBody Metropolitan Transportation Authority
hasLine IND 63rd Street Line
Archer Avenue Line (Queens)
surface form: IND Archer Avenue Line

IND Concourse Line
IND Crosstown Line
IND Culver Line (subway portion)
surface form: IND Culver Line

Eighth Avenue Line
surface form: IND Eighth Avenue Line

IND Fulton Street Line (subway portion)
surface form: IND Fulton Street Line

IND Queens Boulevard Line
IND Rockaway Line (subway portion)
surface form: IND Rockaway Line

IND Sixth Avenue Line
historicalEvent consolidation with IRT and BMT in 1940s
historicalName Independent Subway System (IND)
surface form: Independent Subway System
historicalStatus one of three original NYC subway divisions
inception 1925
infrastructureType mostly underground with some elevated and open-cut sections
integratedInto unified New York City Subway system
locatedIn New York City
New York
surface form: New York State
networkRole forms core trunk lines of modern NYC Subway
opened 1932
openedLine Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan
surface form: IND Eighth Avenue Line
operator New York City Transit Authority
originalOwner New York City
surface form: City of New York
owner New York City
surface form: City of New York
ownerType municipally owned
partOf New York City Subway
planningEra early 20th century
powerSupply 600 V DC third rail
purpose competition with IRT and BMT private subway companies
servicePattern lettered services (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, etc.)
trackGauge standard gauge
usesRollingStockType IND/BMT large-profile subway cars

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IND Division alsoKnownAs IND Subway