Archer Avenue Subway

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The Archer Avenue Subway is a New York City Subway extension in Queens that opened in the late 1980s to replace portions of the demolished elevated Jamaica Line and improve transit access to the Jamaica Center area.

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Archer Avenue Subway canonical 3
Archer Avenue Subway project 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City Subway extension
rapid transit infrastructure
borough Queens
cityServed New York City
connectsTo existing Queens subway network
country United States of America
electrification 600 V DC third rail
fareSystem Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system
hasLocale Archer Avenue corridor
hasStructureType underground
lineReplaced BMT Jamaica Line
locatedIn New York City
Queens
namedAfter Archer Avenue NERFINISHED
opened late 1980s
operator Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York City Transit Authority
owner New York City
surface form: City of New York
partOf New York City Subway
planningAuthority Metropolitan Transportation Authority
primaryFunction urban passenger transport
purpose improve transit access to the Jamaica Center area
replace portions of the demolished elevated Jamaica Line
regionServed Jamaica, Queens
replacedInfrastructureType elevated railway
serves Downtown Jamaica commercial district
surface form: Downtown Jamaica

Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer
surface form: Jamaica Center
system IND/BMT Division
trackGauge standard gauge
transportMode rapid transit

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Jamaica–Van Wyck station constructionProgram Archer Avenue Subway
this entity surface form: Archer Avenue Subway project