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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct company → public transport operator → rapid transit company →
acquiredBy	City of New York →
alsoKnownAs	IRT →
boroughServed	Brooklyn → Manhattan → The Bronx →
cityServed	New York City →
competedWith	Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation →
contractedWith	City of New York →
contractType	dual contracts →
country	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 Division of the modern New York City Subway →
nationalizationDate	1940-06-12 →
notableWork	construction of first NYC subway →
openedLine	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line → IRT Dyre Avenue Line → IRT Eastern Parkway Line → IRT Flushing Line → IRT Jerome Avenue Line → IRT Lenox Avenue Line → IRT Lexington Avenue Line → IRT New Lots Line → IRT Nostrand Avenue Line → IRT Pelham Line → 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	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 → New York City Transit Authority →
trackGauge	standard gauge →
transportMode	elevated railway → underground railway →
usedRollingStockStandard	IRT-sized subway cars →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
IRT → IRT A Division subway cars → Jerome Avenue Line → Lenox Avenue Line → Lexington Avenue Line →	historicalOperator
IND Subway → Independent Subway System →	competedWith
Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line ("Interborough Rapid Transit Company original system") → IRT East Side Lines ("Interborough Rapid Transit Company system") →	partOf
IRT Division →	derivedFrom
IRT East Side Lines →	formerOperator
IRT ("Interborough Rapid Transit Division") →	fullName
IRT Division →	hasFormerOperator
IRT Division →	historicalPredecessor
New Lots Line →	openedBy
Pelham Line ("Interborough Rapid Transit Division") →	operator
IRT →	originallyBuiltBy
Interborough Rapid Transit Company ("Manhattan Railway Company (lease and control)") →	owned
42nd Street Shuttle ("Interborough Rapid Transit Company original subway") →	partOfNetwork