Independent Subway System (IND)

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New York City Subway division municipal subway system rapid transit system

The Independent Subway System (IND) was New York City's municipally built and operated subway network, created in the early 20th century to compete with and eventually replace the privately run IRT and BMT lines.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Independent Subway System 29
Independent Subway System (IND) canonical 5
Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City Subway division ⓘ
municipal subway system ⓘ
rapid transit system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IND ⓘ
Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
surface form: Independent City-Owned Subway System

Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
surface form: Independent Subway
beganOperation 1932 ⓘ
competedWith Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation

Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateOfMerger 1940 ⓘ
designCharacteristic IND-style tile and color-coded station design ⓘ
express and local tracks on many trunk lines ⓘ
wide station platforms ⓘ
electrification third rail 600 V DC ⓘ
fareControl flat fare system ⓘ
governingBody Board of Transportation of the City of New York ⓘ
hasDivisionCode IND ⓘ
historicalRole third major component of the New York City Subway after IRT and BMT ⓘ
inception 1925 ⓘ
legacy many current lettered subway services use former IND lines ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State
mergedInto unified New York City Subway system ⓘ
networkType heavy rail ⓘ
underground railway ⓘ
notableLine IND Concourse Line ⓘ
IND Crosstown Line ⓘ
Eighth Avenue Line ⓘ
surface form: IND Eighth Avenue Line

IND Queens Boulevard Line ⓘ
IND Sixth Avenue Line ⓘ
openedFirstLine 1932 ⓘ
openedFirstSection 1932-09-10 ⓘ
Eighth Avenue Line ⓘ
operator New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York
owner New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York
partOf New York City Subway ⓘ
purpose to compete with private IRT and BMT subways ⓘ
to replace private subway franchises with municipal operation ⓘ
regulatoryChange enabled by 1920s New York City transit policy favoring municipal ownership ⓘ
serviceArea Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ
servicePattern lettered route designations ⓘ
status integrated into unified subway system ⓘ
successor New York City Transit Authority ⓘ
trackGauge standard gauge ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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

IND Division → historicalOperator → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
E → historicalDivision → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
subject surface form: E (New York City Subway service)
J train → systemStyle → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: IND/BMT trunk line
IND Subway → historicalName → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND Subway → alsoKnownAs → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent City-Owned Subway System
IND Fulton Street Line (subway portion) → partOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND Queens Boulevard Line → constructionProgram → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
Eighth Avenue Line → builtBy → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
Independent Subway System (IND) → alsoKnownAs → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
subject surface form: Independent Subway System
this entity surface form: Independent City-Owned Subway System
Independent Subway System (IND) → alsoKnownAs → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
subject surface form: Independent Subway System
this entity surface form: Independent Subway
Canal Street (Eighth Avenue Line) → openedBy → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND Concourse Line → partOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND Culver Line (subway portion) → openedAsPartOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND Crosstown Line → partOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND → fullName → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND → alsoKnownAs → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad
IND → alsoKnownAs → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway
Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan → partOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
subject surface form: Eighth Avenue Line (IND)
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
Board of Transportation of the City of New York → owned → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
Board of Transportation of the City of New York → operated → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
Fulton Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) → openedBy → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
42 St–Bryant Park subway station → openedBy → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
subject surface form: 42nd Street–Bryant Park station
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
West Fourth Street–Washington Square → builtBy → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center → openedBy → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
Sixth Avenue Line → openedBy → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
Concourse Line → openedAsPartOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System expansion
IND 63rd Street Line → partOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
C → historicalDivision → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
subject surface form: C (New York City Subway service)
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
Church Avenue → isPartOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND Crosstown Line and IRT Flushing Line → system → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
subject surface form: IND Crosstown Line
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
168th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) → partOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
K (Sixth Avenue Local, historical) → network → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
subject surface form: K (Sixth Avenue Local)
this entity surface form: IND (Independent Subway System)
181st Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line) → openedBy → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue → isPartOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
86th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) → originalNetwork → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation → competedWith → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
Delancey Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line) → isPartOfNetwork → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
MTA New York City Transit Subdivision B → historicalOrigin → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
170th Street (Grand Concourse) station → openedBy → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
174–175th Streets (Grand Concourse) station → openedBy → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND/BMT Division → includesFormerSystem → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND lines → partOf → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent Subway System
IND lines → planningName → Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad