Eighth Avenue Line

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New York City Subway trunk line rapid transit line

The Eighth Avenue Line is a major New York City Subway trunk line in Manhattan, primarily served by the A, C, and E trains and known as the system’s first fully independent subway route.

Aliases (6)

IND Eighth Avenue Line ×27
IND Eighth Avenue Line services ×2
14th Street (Eighth Avenue Line) ×1
207th Street (A line) ×1
A–C Eighth Avenue services ×1
IND Eighth Avenue Line initial segment ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York City Subway trunk line → rapid transit line →
alsoServedBy	B → D → F → M →
borough	Manhattan →
builtBy	Independent Subway System →
character	underground →
city	New York City →
connectsTo	Concourse Line → Crosstown Line → Fulton Street Line → Queens Boulevard Line →
constructionStart	1925 →
country	United States →
division	IND →
electrification	600 V DC third rail →
fareSystem	Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system →
formerName	IND Eighth Avenue Line →
hasColorOnMap	blue →
hasServicePattern	express → local →
knownFor	first fully independent New York City Subway route →
locale	Manhattan → New York City →
northTerminus	Inwood–207th Street →
openingDate	1932-09-10 →
operator	New York City Transit Authority →
owner	City of New York →
partOf	IND Eighth Avenue–Fulton Street Line complex →
passesThrough	Chelsea → Greenwich Village → Harlem → Midtown Manhattan → Upper West Side → Washington Heights →
passesUnder	Central Park West → Eighth Avenue → St. Nicholas Avenue →
primaryService	A → C → E →
southTerminus	World Trade Center →
system	New York City Subway →
trackGauge	1,435 mm →
usesRollingStockStandard	B Division →

Referenced by (38)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
IND Concourse Line ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") → IND Sixth Avenue Line ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") → Queens Boulevard Line ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	connectsTo
BMT Broadway Line ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") → Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line → IND Sixth Avenue Line ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	connectsWith
34th Street–Penn Station (Eighth Avenue Line) ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") → Canal Street (Eighth Avenue Line) ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") → Dyckman Street (A line) ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	line
AA train ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") → C train ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") → E train ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	lineUsed
IND ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") → Independent Subway System ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	notableLine
Fulton Street complex ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") → Times Square–42nd Street subway station ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	servedByLine
E (New York City Subway service) → New York City Subway C line ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	trunkLine
A train ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") → E train ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	trunkLineInManhattan
IND →	firstLineOpened
Eighth Avenue Line ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	formerName
Central Park West ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	hasAdjacentSubwayLine
IND Subway ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	hasLine
Inwood ("207th Street (A line)") →	hasSubwayStation
IND Division ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	includesLine
IND Queens Boulevard Line ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	interchangesWith
34th Street–Penn Station (Eighth Avenue Line) ("IND Eighth Avenue Line initial segment") →	openedAsPartOf
Independent Subway System →	openedFirstSection
IND Division →	openedWith
New York City Subway C line ("IND Eighth Avenue Line services") →	partOfNetwork
AA train ("A–C Eighth Avenue services") →	routeFamily
Upper West Side ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	servedBy
Fulton Street station ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	servesLine
E (New York City Subway service) ("14th Street (Eighth Avenue Line)") →	servesStation
Fulton Street Line ("IND Eighth Avenue Line services") →	serviceType
Penn Station (New York City) ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	subwayLines
A train ("IND Eighth Avenue Line") →	usesLine