IRT Division

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New York City Subway division rapid transit division

The IRT Division is one of the original operating divisions of the New York City Subway, historically derived from the Interborough Rapid Transit Company and encompassing the system’s numbered subway lines.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York City Subway division → rapid transit division →
derivedFrom	Interborough Rapid Transit Company →
hasAbbreviation	IRT →
hasCarLength	51 feet →
hasCarWidth	8.6 feet →
hasFareControlIntegrationSince	1940 city takeover of IRT →
hasFormerOperator	Interborough Rapid Transit Company →
hasLine	1 → 2 → 3 → 4 → 42nd Street Shuttle → 5 → 6 → 7 →
hasMainTrunkLine	Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line → Dyre Avenue Line → Eastern Parkway Line → Flushing Line → Jerome Avenue Line → Lenox Avenue Line → Lexington Avenue Line → New Lots Line → Nostrand Avenue Line → Pelham Line → White Plains Road Line →
hasNotableInterchange	Fulton Street complex → Grand Central–42nd Street complex → Times Square–42nd Street complex →
hasRollingStockWidth	narrow →
hasServiceArea	Bronx → Brooklyn → Manhattan → Queens →
hasServiceType	express service → local service →
hasShuttleLine	42nd Street Shuttle →
hasSystem	A Division →
hasTrackGauge	4 ft 8.5 in →
historicalPredecessor	Interborough Rapid Transit Company →
isOperatedBy	New York City Transit Authority →
isOriginalDivisionOf	New York City Subway →
isOwnedBy	City of New York →
isSmallerProfileThan	B Division →
operates	numbered subway lines of the New York City Subway →
partOf	New York City Subway →
sharesInfrastructureWith	BMT Division → IND Division →
usesLineDesignationType	numbers →
usesPowerSupply	600 V DC third rail →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1 train → 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station → 4 train → Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line → Flushing Line → Lexington Avenue Line →	division
Jerome Avenue Line ("A Division (IRT)") → Nostrand Avenue Line ("A Division (IRT)") →	partOf
BMT Division →	fareControlUnifiedWith
IRT Division ("IRT") →	hasAbbreviation
BMT Division →	hasInterchangeWith
New York City Subway →	hasPart
IRT Division ("B Division") →	isSmallerProfileThan
Pelham Line ("IRT A Division network") →	isSubnetworkOf
Interborough Rapid Transit Company →	operated
S →	usesDivision
Lenox Avenue Line ("A Division (IRT)") →	usesRollingStockFrom
Eastern Parkway Line →	usesRollingStockOf