IND

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New York City Subway division

IND (Independent Subway System) was New York City's municipally built and operated subway network that later became one of the three major divisions of the unified NYC Subway.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
IND/BMT	1
Independent Subway System	0

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York City Subway division ⓘ New York City Subway division ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	IND Division ⓘ Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ surface form: Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ surface form: Independent Subway
constructionStart	1925 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designStandard	IND lettered services ⓘ wider cars than IRT ⓘ
divisionCode	IND ⓘ
electrification	600 V DC third rail ⓘ
fareIntegration	unified fare with IRT and BMT after 1940 ⓘ
farePolicy	five-cent fare at opening ⓘ
firstLineOpened	Eighth Avenue Line ⓘ
firstLineOpeningDate	September 10, 1932 ⓘ
fullName	Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ surface form: Independent Subway System
fundingSource	municipal bonds ⓘ
governingBodyAtMerger	Board of Transportation of the City of New York ⓘ surface form: New York City Board of Transportation
legacy	still used as an operating division code in NYC Subway operations ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ
mergedInto	unified New York City Subway system ⓘ
mergerYear	1940 ⓘ
networkType	rapid transit ⓘ
notableLine	IND Concourse Line ⓘ IND Crosstown Line ⓘ IND Culver Line (subway portion) ⓘ surface form: IND Culver Line Eighth Avenue Line ⓘ surface form: IND Eighth Avenue Line IND Fulton Street Line (subway portion) ⓘ surface form: IND Fulton Street Line IND Queens Boulevard Line ⓘ IND Sixth Avenue Line ⓘ
oneOfThreeDivisionsWith	BMT ⓘ IRT ⓘ
opened	1932 ⓘ
operator	Board of Transportation of the City of New York ⓘ
owner	New York City ⓘ surface form: City of New York
partOf	New York City Subway ⓘ
planningAuthority	Board of Transportation of the City of New York ⓘ surface form: New York City Board of Transportation
politicalContext	created to end dependence on private subway operators ⓘ
purpose	compete with IRT and BMT private subway companies ⓘ
rollingStockType	IND/BMT large-profile cars ⓘ
serviceArea	Brooklyn ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ
servicePattern	express and local tracks on many trunk lines ⓘ
successor	New York City Transit Authority ⓘ
trackGauge	standard gauge ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

IND Subway → abbreviation → IND ⓘ

Independent Subway System (IND) → alsoKnownAs → IND ⓘ

subject surface form: Independent Subway System

34th Street–Penn Station (Eighth Avenue Line) → division → IND ⓘ

7th Avenue (53rd Street Line) → division → IND ⓘ

Canal Street (Eighth Avenue Line) → division → IND ⓘ

Delancey Street–Essex Street station → division → IND ⓘ

Dyckman Street (A line) → division → IND ⓘ

Eighth Avenue Line → division → IND ⓘ

Forest Hills–71st Avenue → division → IND ⓘ

Howard Beach–JFK Airport station → division → IND ⓘ

IND Fulton Street Line (subway portion) → division → IND ⓘ

IND Rockaway Line (subway portion) → division → IND ⓘ

Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike → division → IND ⓘ

New York City Subway B line → division → IND ⓘ

New York City Subway C line → division → IND ⓘ

R train → division → IND ⓘ

this entity surface form: IND/BMT

Rockefeller Center subway station complex → division → IND ⓘ

Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport → division → IND ⓘ

Times Square–42nd Street subway station → division → IND ⓘ

BMT → formsDivisionWith → IND ⓘ

subject surface form: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation

Lexington Avenue–53rd Street → hasDivision → IND ⓘ

Independent Subway System (IND) → hasDivisionCode → IND ⓘ

subject surface form: Independent Subway System