Uptown

E83465

New York City Subway terminology Transit direction

Uptown refers to the northbound direction of travel on New York City’s numbered subway lines, including the 6 train, generally heading toward the northern parts of Manhattan and the Bronx.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Uptown (NYC Subway Direction)	2
Uptown canonical	1
Uptown & The Bronx	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York City Subway terminology ⓘ Transit direction ⓘ
appliesPrimarilyToBorough	Manhattan ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ surface form: the Bronx
appliesToLineType	numbered subway lines ⓘ
associatedWith	northbound express service on numbered lines ⓘ northbound local service on numbered lines ⓘ
contrastsWith	Downtown (NYC Subway Direction) ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
displayedOn	MTA service information materials ⓘ subway car destination signs ⓘ subway platform signs ⓘ
generalDirection	north ⓘ
geographicReference	relative to Manhattan street grid ⓘ
governingAgency	Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ surface form: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
includesLine	1 train ⓘ 2 train ⓘ 3 train ⓘ 4 train ⓘ 5 train ⓘ 6 train ⓘ 7 train ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
navigationRole	wayfinding term for subway passengers ⓘ
oppositeGeneralDirection	southbound ⓘ
refersTo	northbound direction of travel on NYC numbered subway lines ⓘ
region	New York City ⓘ
signageContext	platform direction indicators ⓘ route maps and service notices ⓘ station entrance signs ⓘ
startingReferenceArea	Lower Manhattan ⓘ surface form: downtown Manhattan Midtown Manhattan ⓘ surface form: midtown Manhattan
transportMode	rapid transit ⓘ
typicalDestinationArea	Upper Manhattan ⓘ surface form: northern Manhattan The Bronx ⓘ surface form: the Bronx
typicalUsageContext	announcements such as “Uptown 6 train” ⓘ
usedBy	Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ New York City Transit Authority ⓘ subway riders in New York City ⓘ
usedInSystem	New York City Subway ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

6 train → hasDirection → Uptown ⓘ

Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College → hasDirectionLabel → Uptown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uptown & The Bronx

Downtown (NYC Subway Direction) → contrastsWith → Uptown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uptown (NYC Subway Direction)

Downtown (NYC Subway Direction) → semanticOppositeOf → Uptown ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uptown (NYC Subway Direction)