Interborough Rapid Transit Company

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defunct company public transport operator rapid transit company

The Interborough Rapid Transit Company was the private operator that built and ran New York City's first subway lines in the early 20th century before they were incorporated into the modern NYC Subway system.

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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Interborough Rapid Transit Company canonical 43
Interborough Rapid Transit Division 4
Interborough Rapid Transit Company (historical) 2

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
public transport operator ⓘ
rapid transit company ⓘ
acquiredBy New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York
alsoKnownAs IRT ⓘ
boroughServed Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ
cityServed New York City ⓘ
competedWith Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation
contractedWith New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York
contractType dual contracts ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dissolved 1940s ⓘ
dualContractsDate 1913 ⓘ
fare 5-cent fare (initially) ⓘ
firstSubwayOpeningDate 1904-10-27 ⓘ
firstSubwayOpeningSegment City Hall to 145th Street ⓘ
foundedBy August Belmont Jr. ⓘ
John B. McDonald ⓘ
headquartersLocation Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
inception 1902 ⓘ
industry public transportation ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
legacy IRT A Division subway cars ⓘ
surface form: IRT Division of the modern New York City Subway
nationalizationDate 1940-06-12 ⓘ
notableWork construction of first NYC subway ⓘ
openedLine Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line

Dyre Avenue Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Dyre Avenue Line

Eastern Parkway Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Eastern Parkway Line

Flushing Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Flushing Line

Jerome Avenue Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Jerome Avenue Line

Lenox Avenue Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Lenox Avenue Line

Lexington Avenue Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Lexington Avenue Line

New Lots Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT New Lots Line

Nostrand Avenue Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Nostrand Avenue Line

Pelham Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Pelham Line

White Plains Road Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT White Plains Road Line
operated IRT Division ⓘ
Manhattan Railway elevated lines ⓘ
New York City Subway ⓘ
first New York City subway line ⓘ
operatingArea Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ
owned Interborough Rapid Transit Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Manhattan Railway Company (lease and control)
powerSupply third rail electrification ⓘ
serviceType elevated railway operation ⓘ
rapid transit ⓘ
subway operation ⓘ
successor Board of Transportation of the City of New York ⓘ
Board of Transportation of the City of New York ⓘ
surface form: New York City Transit Authority
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ
transportMode elevated railway ⓘ
underground railway ⓘ
usedRollingStockStandard IRT-sized subway cars ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

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

IRT Division → derivedFrom → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
IRT Division → historicalPredecessor → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
IRT Division → hasFormerOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
42nd Street Shuttle → partOfNetwork → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit Company original subway
Interborough Rapid Transit Company → owned → Interborough Rapid Transit Company self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Manhattan Railway Company (lease and control)
Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line → partOf → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit Company original system
Lenox Avenue Line → historicalOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Lexington Avenue Line → historicalOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Pelham Line → operator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit Division
Jerome Avenue Line → historicalOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
IND Subway → competedWith → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
New Lots Line → openedBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Independent Subway System (IND) → competedWith → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
subject surface form: Independent Subway System
IRT A Division subway cars → historicalOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
IRT → fullName → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit Division
IRT → originallyBuiltBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
IRT → historicalOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
IRT East Side Lines → partOf → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit Company system
IRT East Side Lines → formerOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
116th Street station (Lenox Avenue Line) → system → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit Company (historical)
August Belmont Jr. → founded → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Manhattan Railway elevated lines → laterOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Dual Contracts → contractingParty → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Dual Contracts → appliesToPart → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit system
IRT Lexington Avenue Line trunk in Manhattan → historicalOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Mott Avenue Portal → railSystem → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit Division
IRT White Plains Road Line at 149th Street–Grand Concourse → partOfNetwork → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit Company original network
President Street–Medgar Evers College → originalOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
BMT Astoria Line → formerOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
New York, Westchester and Boston Railway → successorOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Wakefield–241st Street station → openedBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
IRT Sixth Avenue elevated → operator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Sterling Street → openedBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
IND Crosstown Line and IRT Flushing Line → system → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
subject surface form: IRT Flushing Line
IRT East Bronx lines → partOf → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit Division
John B. McDonald → employer → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
168th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) → openedAsPartOf → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Queensboro Plaza → openedBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Marble Hill–225th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) → openedBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
116th Street–Columbia University subway station → originalOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
subject surface form: 116th Street–Columbia University
Marble Hill–225th Street → openingOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Heins & LaFarge → commissionedBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) → servedBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
this entity surface form: Interborough Rapid Transit Company (historical)
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation → competedWith → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
14th Street subway station (7th Avenue Line) → openedBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
Morris Park (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) → reusedBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
167th Street station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line → openedBy → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
subject surface form: 167th Street station (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
66th Street–Lincoln Center station → originalOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
A Division → hasOriginalOperator → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
IRT West Side Lines → partOf → Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ