95-578: The New York City Transit Authority operates 24 rail yards for the New York City Subway system and one for the Staten Island Railway . There are 10 active A Division yards and 11 active B Division yards, two of which are shared between divisions for storage and car washing. In addition, there is one yard for the Staten Island Railway and three non-revenue (Maintenance of Way, or MoW) Division-independent yards. Many of
190-485: A contactless "New Fare Payment System" to replace the MetroCard by 2022. On October 23, 2017, it was announced that the MetroCard would be phased out and replaced by OMNY , a contactless fare payment system also made by Cubic, with fare payment being made using Apple Pay , Google Pay , debit/credit cards with near-field communication technology, or radio-frequency identification cards. The announcement calls for
285-539: A franchise that expired in 1946. When it became known that the company would not renew its franchise, a group of residents in the borough organized the Isle Transportation Company, to continue operation. This group ran into financial difficulties and the city took over the company on February 23, 1947. The city then controlled all of the bus routes on Staten Island. On March 30, 1947, the City took over
380-399: A result, the future problems of deferred maintenance and falling ridership were to come. In 1946, costs rose and profits turned to losses, and to obtain needed funds, the fare was raised in 1948 to ten cents on the subways and elevated, and to seven cents on the surface lines. This increase only produced a revenue surplus for a single year. In 1951 a uniform ten-cent fare was established on both
475-588: A widget application, allowing users to add it to their personalized homepage, blog, or website. The Trip Planner has since largely replaced the NYCTA call center on NYC Transit's phone number. In November 1993, a fare system called the MetroCard was introduced, which allowed riders to use cards that have stored value to pay fares equal to the amount paid at a subway station booth or vending machine. Designed and initially operated by Cubic Transportation Systems ,
570-550: Is $ 7.00. Nereid Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line) [REDACTED] The Nereid Avenue station ( / ˈ n ɪər i ɪ d / NEER -ee-id ; formerly East 238th Street station ) is a local station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway , located at the intersection of Nereid Avenue (East 238th Street) and White Plains Road in the Wakefield neighborhood of
665-619: Is an underground rail yard on the IND Culver Line that is used to store trains for G service. It is composed of four tracks directly under the four main line tracks above. This yard is directly connected through the line's Church Avenue station which is the southern terminus for G service. At least one of the yard's four tracks is in continuous use to reverse equipment to the opposite direction. There are two ramps between each local and express track south of Church Avenue station for access. Each track can hold one full-length train between
760-570: Is home to the R142s and R142As for the 4 . It is one of the three yards in the system to be under a housing complex (Pitkin Yard and Lenox Yard are the others). Rail access to the yard is by a pair of tracks that branch off of the elevated IRT Jerome Avenue Line just north of Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College station. The riveted steel pylons that support the elevated branch tracks give way to stone pylons just north of 205th Street before they enter
855-647: Is located at 5911 Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx , serving the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line near the line's northern terminus. The yard consists of six inspection tracks in the shop and 15 additional layup tracks. The yard is home to the R62A subway cars assigned to the 1 . The shop was built in 1906 to support the original IRT subway. Work constructing the yard and inspection shed
950-714: Is located on the south end of the BMT Canarsie Line adjacent to Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway . Opened on October 26, 1917, it is the primary layup yard for the R160s and R143s on the L train and hosts the only car wash for the BMT Eastern Division. New signals were installed in 2003 in conjunction with the BMT Canarsie Line automation project. 40°38′48″N 73°54′05″W / 40.64667°N 73.90139°W / 40.64667; -73.90139 ( Canarsie Yard ) The Church Avenue Yard
1045-664: Is located south of Mets–Willets Point , at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park near Citi Field , the National Tennis Center , and the site of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs. Corona Yard opened in 1928 and maintains the R188s used on the 7 and <7> services. It is adjacent to the Casey Stengel Bus Depot . Because the Flushing Line is isolated from the rest of
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#17327880321021140-553: Is situated at 1145 East 180th Street in the West Farms neighborhood of the Bronx , just east of the Bronx Zoo . The yard consists of seven storage tracks (numbered 4 thru 10) and an adjacent 6-track (numbered 11 thru 16) shop building with a connection to the nearby 19-track Unionport Yard, which lies to the northeast of East 180th Street Yard. Additionally, there are two storage tracks (identified as A and B) immediately north of
1235-413: Is the yard's namesake. The yard has five tracks surrounding the three mainline tracks, with three tracks located on the west (southbound side) and two tracks located on the east (northbound side). The yard is used to store some 1 trains outside of rush hours. Each track can hold two full-length trains, so a total of 10 trains can be stored there at any given time. Because the tracks are on a 1% downgrade in
1330-405: Is used primarily as a lay-up facility for 2 and 5 trains. It is named after Unionport Road, which lies just east of the yard. There are no shop or wash facilities at this yard, which was expanded in the 1990s from five tracks to its present 19. All but one track ends at bumper blocks. The newly expanded yard became fully operational in 1997. The yard connects to the IRT White Plains Road Line to
1425-580: The 1966 New York City transit strike , the Taylor Law was passed making public employee strikes illegal in the state of New York. Despite the Taylor Law, there was still an 11-day strike in 1980 . Thirty-four thousand union members struck in order to call for increased wages. On December 20, 2005, another strike occurred . Workers walked off at 3 a.m. and the NYCTA stopped operating. Later that day, State Supreme Court Justice Theodore Jones warned
1520-473: The 2 were inspected and maintained at the East 180th Street Yard shared with the 5 . It re-opened as an inspection and maintenance facility for the 2 in 1982. A car wash operates at this yard facility to serve cars assigned to the 2, in addition to cars assigned to the 1 , 3 , 4 and 5 routes. The yard consists of a seven-track inspection shop and 38 layup tracks. The layup tracks are arranged on two levels;
1615-485: The 6 , as well as Maintenance of Way diesel trains for both the A Division and B Division . It is connected to the IRT Pelham Line in both directions between Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue and Middletown Road stations. There is a four-track inspection shed for electric trains and a two-track diesel repair shop. Pelham Yard also has a car wash used by the entire A Division. The Westchester Yard
1710-614: The B , N , Q , W , and Franklin Avenue Shuttle . R68s on the D , and R160s on the F and R routes, are stored at the yard but are not maintained or inspected here. The shop facility, along with the 207th Street Shops, performs inspections, heavy maintenance and overhaul for every one of the approximately 6,000 cars in the subway system, including the Staten Island Railway , and also contains car washing and painting facilities. New York City Transit Authority The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA ,
1805-613: The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT). The third, the public Independent Subway System (IND) was owned and operated by the City of New York. The IRT and BMT systems were acquired by the city on June 1, 1940, for $ 317,000,000 and consolidated with the IND into the New York City Board of Transportation (NYCBOT). The buses on Staten Island had been operated by a private company operating under
1900-492: The New York Public Service Commission changed the name of the station from Nereid Avenue to East 238th Street. On December 13, 1920, the final portion of the line opened, extending the line from its previous terminal at 238th Street to the line's permanent terminus at 241st Street. This portion of the line had its opening delayed, owing to construction on the line between the two stations for
1995-611: The bumper blocks and the crossovers. 40°38′31″N 73°58′45″W / 40.64194°N 73.97917°W / 40.64194; -73.97917 ( Church Avenue Yard ) The Coney Island Rapid Transit Car Overhaul Shop , often shortened to Coney Island Complex , is the largest rapid transit yard in the state of New York, and one of the largest in North America. Located in Brooklyn , New York , it covers 74 acres (300,000 m) and operates 24/7 . The complex
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#17327880321022090-576: The 1960s the yard was downsized from 26 acres to seven acres, which eliminated the repair shops and NYCT offices. The land was sold to a developer. Around that time, a public school building (currently housing Frederick Douglass Academy ) and the Esplanade Gardens apartment complex were constructed on pilotis above the formerly open-air yard. Two tracks were taken from the yard for the Harlem–148th Street station , which opened in 1968 as
2185-759: The 1960s. In 1965, mayoral candidate John Lindsay pledged to use the toll revenues from the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) to offset the NYCTA's deficits. In January 1966, New York State, with the help of Governor Nelson Rockefeller, purchased the Long Island Rail Road from its corporate parent, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and it became part of the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority (MCTA). Rockefeller saw
2280-474: The 2020–2024 Capital Plan, the shop will be rebuilt with more space in between track and the replacement of pits with elevated tracks. 40°53′18″N 73°54′05″W / 40.88833°N 73.90139°W / 40.88833; -73.90139 ( 240th Street Yard ) Corona Yard serves as the home yard of the IRT Flushing Line ( 7 and <7> trains). It
2375-406: The 239th Street, 240th Street, Corona, East 180th Street, Jerome, Livonia, and Westchester maintenance yards, plus three other non-maintenance storage yards. A total of 2892 cars are assigned to the seven maintenance yards. The 137th Street Yard is an underground rail yard located between 145th Street and 137th Street–City College on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line , the latter of which
2470-689: The A Division and are listed in Yards in both divisions. The 174th Street Yard is an underground rail yard on the IND Eighth Avenue Line that is used to store C trains. The yard has five tracks to the east of the two mainline passenger service tracks. The yard is located six blocks north of 168th Street and adjacent to 175th Street . The inner tracks at 168th Street lead towards the yard and are used by terminating C trains. This yard can hold only four trains of ten 60-foot cars or eight 75-foot cars and one four-car train of 60-foot cars among
2565-401: The A Division and its only track connection to the rest of the system is via the B Division, cars that need to undergo or are returning from heavy maintenance are escorted on and off the line by suitably-equipped lead cars via the sole connection to the rest of the system just east (railroad north) of the upper level Queensboro Plaza station. On August 16, 2006, the original 1928 shop building
2660-708: The Amalgamated Transit Union in 1964. After looking at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers as their model, NYCTA motorman formed their own union in 1954, a Motormen's Benevolent Association (MBA) to further their interests. In 1956 they went on strike on a hot June day, tying up service on the BMT Division. Its president, Theodore Loos, and its leadership were fired after the strike, but were reinstated after agreeing not to strike again. On December 16, 1957, another representation election for
2755-569: The Bronx . It is served by the 2 train at all times and by the 5 train during rush hours in the peak direction. Nereid Avenue is the northern terminal for all peak-direction rush-hour 5 trains that use this branch. However, all 2 trains terminate at the next stop, Wakefield–241st Street . This station was built under the Dual Contracts . On March 3, 1917, IRT White Plains Road Line was extended from East 177th Street–East Tremont Avenue to East 219th Street–White Plains Road, providing
2850-404: The Bronx communities of Williamsbridge and Wakefield with access to rapid transit service. Service was initially operated as a four-car shuttle from 177th Street due to the power conditions at the time. An extension to 238th Street, including the 225th Street and 233rd Street stations, finally opened on March 31, 1917. On July 18, 1917, at the request of local residents near the station,
2945-547: The Go! was "developed using XHTML technology and the latest Microsoft Dot Net Framework in a clustered environment." By the end of October 2007, more than 5,000 daily customers were using TripPlanner. In February 2008, NYCT announced an upgrade to the mapping system using NAVTEQ and Microsoft Virtual Earth software similar to mapping sites such as Google Maps and MapQuest. The new software offered more accurate street grids, included business and points of interest, and allowed users to view
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3040-624: The Lenox Avenue Shops, is located near 148th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem . This 22 track yard is only used for storage of the R62s that operate on the 3 service, and has no maintenance facility, although the yard had been the first overhaul shop for the IRT when it opened with the rest of the new subway in 1904. The original IRT subway cars were lowered from the street via inclines into
3135-588: The Lenox Yard in Upper Manhattan , as Livonia is not very large. Livonia, along with 240th Street Yard, are on entirely elevated structures and are in need of rehabilitation due to not meeting the configuration standards for "current industry practices". An extension of the New Lots Line has been proposed up to the end of the yard, or through the yard right-of-way to Flatlands Avenue , to serve
3230-704: The Long Island Railroad's Rockaway Beach Branch. Only the Chrystie Street connection, the rebuilt DeKalb Avenue Junction, and the Rockaway Line were built between 1954 and 1967. One provision in the 1953 law that created NYCTA demanded that by July 1955, the agency create a plan to sell its bus and trolley routes to private operators. In the beginning of 1955, it was reported that the NYCTA's surface operations cost seven million dollars more to operate annually than it collected in revenue from
3325-575: The MTA is, ex officio , executive director of the Transit Authority. The Transit Authority has its own management structure which is responsible for its day-to-day operations, with executive personnel reporting to the agency president. The position of president was vacant as of February 21, 2020 , following the resignation of Andy Byford . Sarah Feinberg and Craig Cipriano served as interim presidents until May 2, 2022, when Richard Davey
3420-526: The MTA were also affected. To resolve these issues, a "Subway Action Plan" was revealed, as well as a "Bus Action Plan". Beginning March 25, 2020, service on buses and subways was reduced due to decreased ridership during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City . In late March, NYCTA interim president Sarah Feinberg stated that a shutdown "feels misguided to me" and was "not on
3515-867: The MetroCard was enhanced in 1997 to allow passengers to make free transfers between subways and buses within two hours; several MetroCard-only transfers between subway stations were added in 2001. With the addition of unlimited-ride MetroCards in 1998, the New York City Transit system was the last major transit system in the United States, with the exception of BART in San Francisco , to introduce passes for unlimited bus and rapid transit travel. Unlimited-ride MetroCards are available for 7-day and 30-day periods. One-day "Fun Pass" and 14-day cards were also introduced but have since been discontinued. In April 2016, MTA solicited proposals for
3610-553: The NYCTA and the TWU made an agreement to avoid a strike. The deal gave NYCTA workers the ability to retire with about half-pay after twenty years if the employee was over fifty years old. This would later cause problems, as large numbers of transit workers would retire to take advantage of these benefits. On March 1, 1968, the NYCTA, and its subsidiary, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA), were placed under
3705-681: The NYCTA inherited from the Board of Transportation was the age of the subway cars from the IRT and BMT. The first new cars were the R16s, totaling 200 in quantity, which first appeared in January 1955 when they were put in service on the J train. These cars were introduced with automatic thermostats and dampers to control the heat and ventilation systems based on the air temperature outside. Additional subway cars were also ordered and delivered between 1960 and 1965;
3800-797: The New York City Transit Authority assigned to the New York City Subway and in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx are members of the Transport Workers Union of America Local 100, with Queens and Staten Island bus personnel represented by various Amalgamated Transit Union locals. In 1949, the Transport Workers Union and the Board of Transportation, under Mayor Willian O'Dwyer signed a Memorandum of Understanding that gave
3895-509: The New York City Transit System showed an operating surplus on the five-cent fare, because gasoline was rationed and auto riders had to abandon their cars for subway and bus travel. Factories began to work around the clock, and therefore business boomed. Transit repairs were kept at a minimum as basic materials were in short supply for civilian use. Operating revenues were raised and maintenance costs were reduced, but as
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3990-626: The R27s, the R30s and R32s for the IND/BMT lines, and R29s, R33s and R36s for the IRT (2,350 cars). Between 1966 and 1969, an additional 1,000 cars, split between the R38, R40, and R42 orders, were placed into service. The last of the original BMT Standard stock was retired by 1969, along with the last prewar IRT equipment . On July 5, 1966, the fare was increased to twenty cents. As with all mass transit in
4085-698: The TA , or simply Transit , and branded as MTA New York City Transit ) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City . Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , the busiest and largest transit system in North America , the NYCTA has a daily ridership of 8 million trips (over 2.5 billion annually). The NYCTA operates
4180-461: The TWU and the MBA reached a settlement. The motormen became a separate United Motormen's Division within the TWU and benefitted from a fund for skilled craft workers. Theodore Loos became its head. On New Year's Day , in 1966, a 12-day strike was started with the aid of Mike Quill . This strike started after the union member's contracts had expired, and with large economic demands from the union. After
4275-463: The TWU was scheduled, and the motormen from the MBA did not want to have a small role in the TWU, and threatened to strike, but were stopped by court injunctions. As a result, the motormen wanted to hold an election for the representation of their craft independent of the NYCTA-wide elections. The management of the NYCTA did not recognize the MBA as a bargaining unit as the TWU officially represented
4370-494: The Union's dues checkoff and refused to restore it for nearly 18 months. The strike was over by December 23, after several contract negotiations; the original contract, agreed to by Local 100 and the Transit Authority as a result of the strike, was ultimately imposed on both parties by an arbitrator. More than four months after the strike ended, the courts imposed a brief jail term on Local 100 president Roger Toussaint for his role in
4465-404: The United States the TA requires assistance for its capital costs and to cover operational needs, however, the very high ridership of New York City's subway system has enabled it to pay 67 percent of its operating costs from fares and advertising. Historically, the TA's capital requirements were met by the city and state jointly, but this support was withdrawn, primarily by Governor Rockefeller, in
4560-451: The agency announced that their families would be eligible for $ 500,000 in death benefits. Over 100 employees had died of COVID-19 as of June 2020 . Starting in May 2020, stations were closed overnight for cleaning; the overnight closures were announced as a temporary measure that would be ended once the pandemic was over. Trains and stations were cleaned more than usual. Employees of
4655-481: The bonds would go to the state's mass transit systems, with a majority going to New York City, and to Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, and Orange Counties. The day prior to the election, two brand new R40 cars were displayed on the IND Sixth Avenue Line at Herald Square. The bond issue passed, and the MTA was set to take over the NYCTA in 1968. The night before December 31, 1967,
4750-746: The bus lines of the North Shore Bus Company , which comprised half of the privately owned lines in Queens, after that company went into financial troubles. On September 24, 1948, the City acquired five bus lines in Manhattan for similar reasons. The surface operation of the BOT was a costly operation, resulting from the various equipment that was required, including trolley cars, trolley coaches, gasoline and diesel buses, of which many were obsolete and in need of replacement. During World War II,
4845-552: The city's subway system through new lines and connections between the IND and BMT Divisions. The most important new lines were a Second Avenue subway, including a Chrystie Street connection to the Williamsburg and Manhattan Bridge and a rebuilt DeKalb Avenue junction in Brooklyn, IRT Utica Avenue and Nostrand Avenue extensions into southeast Brooklyn, and the extension of subway service to the Rockaway Peninsula using
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#17327880321024940-410: The construction of the 239th Street Yard to the north of 238th Street. Additional time was required to modify the structure to avoid a grade crossing at the entrance to the yard. The city government took over the IRT's operations on June 12, 1940. The station was renovated in 2007 at a cost of $ 14.46 million. This station has three tracks and two side platforms . At the north end of the station,
5035-442: The control of, and are now affiliates of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). In 2017, New York governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for the MTA due to various incidents involving the NYCTA's subway and bus systems. At the time, only 65 percent of weekday trains reached their destinations on time, the lowest rate since a transit crisis in the 1970s. To a lesser extent, New York City buses operated by
5130-617: The current northern terminal for the 3. 40°49′22″N 73°56′07″W / 40.82278°N 73.93528°W / 40.82278; -73.93528 ( Lenox Yard ) The Livonia Yard is located at 900 Hegeman Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn on an entirely elevated structure at the east end of the IRT New Lots Line . Located between Elton and Linwood Streets, the yard extends from Hegeman Avenue south to Stanley Avenue, passing over Linden Boulevard . One of
5225-399: The developing Spring Creek area. Additionally, a large amount of space within Livonia is used for the storage of some R142s and R142As for the 2 , 4 and 5 trains. 40°39′51″N 73°52′45″W / 40.66417°N 73.87917°W / 40.66417; -73.87917 ( Livonia Yard ) Unionport Yard is associated with the nearby East 180th Street Yard , and
5320-446: The difficulty that John Lindsay, who had since won the mayoral election, had in his plan to use the TBTA surpluses for the NYCTA, and decided to expand the MCTA to give it oversight to the NYCTA and the TBTA. The MCTA would be renamed the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Tied to a bill with the creation of the MTA was a $ 2.5 billion bond issue that would be approved or disapproved by voters in November 1967. A majority of
5415-406: The expansion of this system to a general-use electronic fare payment system at 500 subway turnstiles and on 600 buses by late 2018, with all buses and subway stations using electronic fare collection by 2020. However, support for the MetroCard is slated to remain in place until April 2024. As of August 2023 , the fare for a subway or local bus ride is $ 2.90, while the fare for an express bus ride
5510-585: The express track or the downtown local track and it allowed for the possibility of the extension of express service to Pelham Bay Park , which would save four more minutes. The increased capacity of the yard allowed the yard to store 358 additional subway cars. With the additional storage space, it would no longer be required to lay up trains on the middle track of the line between East 177th Street and Pelham Bay Park, and it would allow for full day express service. The construction of substations would improve voltage conditions and allow for longer trains to be operated on
5605-437: The fare box. By privatizing the surface operations, and as a result focusing on subways, the NYCTA could then meet its operating costs. Two Manhattan private operators, New York City Omnibus and Surface Transportation, in March 1955, expressed interest in taking control of the five-route NYCTA bus operation in that borough. In the other boroughs there was no interest in taking over the routes in Brooklyn and Staten Island, and there
5700-530: The five tracks. The northern end of the yard is against a concrete wall and a cinder-block wall adjacent to the Trans-Manhattan Expressway , as the line was originally intended to go over the George Washington Bridge 's lower level as a part of a possible extension to Fort Lee, New Jersey. 40°50′45″N 73°56′23″W / 40.84583°N 73.93972°W / 40.84583; -73.93972 ( 174th Street Yard ) The Canarsie Yard (also known as AY or Atlantic Yard from its telegraphy letters)
5795-402: The following systems: As part of establishing a common corporate identity, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1994 assigned popular names to each of its subsidiaries and affiliates. The New York City Transit Authority is now known popularly as MTA New York City Transit (NYCT) , (or more specifically on the vehicles, MTA New York City Bus and MTA New York City Subway ), though
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#17327880321025890-452: The former remains its legal name for documents and contracts. Newer contracts and RFPs, however, have also used the popular name. The corporation is also sometimes referred to as the TA (for Transit Authority ). The chairman and members of the MTA, by statute, also serve as the chairman and members of the Transit Authority, and serve as the directors of the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority . The executive director of
5985-412: The hardest hit. The leaders of the MBA were punished after going against injunctions prohibiting strikes. Afterwards, the MBA leaders were punished, and on the first morning of the strike, the MBA president Theodore Loos and three other MBA officials were arrested and sent to jail. While they were in jail, MBA executive secretary Frank Zelano was acting head of the MBA and bargained on their behalf. In 1958,
6080-577: The line. The work was projected to cost $ 6,387,000 and be completed in 1950. 40°50′38″N 73°50′31″W / 40.84389°N 73.84194°W / 40.84389; -73.84194 ( Westchester Yard ) The B Division 's yards are the 207th Street, Concourse, Coney Island, East New York, Jamaica and Pitkin maintenance yards, plus five other non-maintenance storage yards. The six maintenance shops are responsible for performing daily subway car maintenance and inspection of 3,523 subway cars. The 207th Street and Concourse yards are shared with
6175-402: The maps in aerial, and 3-D points of view. To date, the aerial and 3D views are not available on TripPlanner's mobile service. In June 2008, NYCT announced it had reached 10,000 daily visitors to TripPlanner. Since the announcement, the number of visits to the service eclipsed the number of telephone calls to the agency's travel information hotline. The following month, Trip Planner launched as
6270-403: The motormen. A request for a separate election was denied, and as a result the motormen wanted to show their power and to acquire their own representation. As a result, on December 9, 1957, the motormen went on strike, resulting in subway service being reduced in half for eight days. Riders using the IND lines in Queens, the Bronx, and Upper Manhattan, and the southern Brooklyn lines of the BMT were
6365-427: The northbound track ascends to pass over yard leads, while the others descend. A three-story tower is located north of the station which has an old blue and white letter sign "Warning — Do not lean over edge of Platform." North of this tower, two tracks enter the line from the 239th Street Yard. The 2006 artwork here is called Leaf of Life by Noel Copeland. This station has one elevated station house beneath
6460-491: The number of transfers or time, and adjusting the walking distance to and from the transit stop. In October 2007, NYCT launched TripPlanner On the Go! This service allows users with mobile access to the web to obtain travel itineraries while away from a desk or laptop computer. TripPlanner On the Go! was made applicable for cellular phone, PDA, or Blackberry users, and offered the same three-option travel directions along with real-time service alerts. The back end programming for On
6555-549: The only other yard in the system to share this trait is the East New York Yard. Access to the yard is provided to and from Nereid Avenue only. On February 3, 1998, two out-of-service trains collided at the yard lead after the motorman of one train passed out at the helm and his train crashed into the one in front of it. 40°54′03″N 73°50′58″W / 40.90083°N 73.84944°W / 40.90083; -73.84944 ( 239th Street Yard ) The 240th Street Yard , also known as Van Cortlandt Yard (or VC Yard),
6650-449: The rapid transit and surface lines. Operating deficits continued to add up and public dissatisfaction with the transit system grew, as equipment was deteriorating, and train schedules being difficult to abide by. In March 1953, the Board of Transportation was abolished, and was replaced by the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA). The NYCTA formally succeeded the BOT on June 15, 1953, being composed of five unsalaried members. Hugh Casey
6745-404: The right to represent all of the system's workers to the TWU. In 1954 an NYCTA-wide representation election took place. It gave TWU exclusive collective bargaining rights for all hourly workers for the NYCTA, except for those in the Queens and Staten Island Bus Divisions, which remained a part of the Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees of America, which became
6840-644: The shop building. Track A ends in a bumper block and track B is accessible from the southbound track of the White Plains Road line. The yard is the home of the R142s for the 5 . There is considerable fleet interchange with the 2 . All engineering acceptance testing for newly delivered IRT-type cars is performed here. A new shop building replacing the original 1918 vintage shop building opened in 1999, just in time for acceptance testing of new R142s, which Bombardier started delivering to this facility on November 16, 1999. On October 11, 1923, additional tracks in
6935-538: The smallest maintenance yards in the system, it is where the R62s on the 3 and the R62As on the 42nd Street shuttle are inspected and maintained. The yard, built in 1922 and opened in 1923, Livonia Yard is the only IRT yard in Brooklyn . Livonia Yard consists of 4 inspection tracks inside the Livonia shop and 15 layup tracks. A signal tower is located at the northwest corner of the yard. Many 3 trains are stored in
7030-617: The south and the IRT Dyre Avenue Line (track 22 connecting to track Y2) to the north. 40°50′42″N 73°52′12″W / 40.84500°N 73.87000°W / 40.84500; -73.87000 ( Unionport Yard ) The West Farms Yard was an elevated rail yard that was located adjacently to the West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue station, at the time called 177th Street. It had eight storage tracks and five inspection barn tracks. It
7125-412: The southbound direction, each of the layup tracks are equipped with a derail to protect the main line from a runaway train in the event a train placed on any one the storage tracks is not properly secured. 40°49′22″N 73°57′11″W / 40.82278°N 73.95306°W / 40.82278; -73.95306 ( 137th Street Yard ) The 239th Street Yard is the northernmost rail yard in
7220-650: The state arbitration panel issued its award. However, the MTA refused to comply with the award, forcing the Union to go to court to seek to enforce it. On December 11, 2009, State Supreme Court Justice Peter Sherwood issued a decision upholding the arbitration award in all respects. The MTA had not indicated whether it appealed this decision. In December 2006, MTA New York City Transit launched TripPlanner, its online travel itinerary service. TripPlanner offers users customized subway, bus, and walking directions within all five boroughs of New York City, as well as service alerts and service advisories for planned track work. The service
7315-401: The strike. In 2008–09, MTA management once again refused to sign off on an agreement with Local 100 for a successor to the collective bargaining agreement, which expired early in 2009. This time, the Union chose to pursue the arbitration process provided by the Taylor Law rather than strike in support of its demands. On August 11, 2009, after months of community meetings and dozens of witnesses,
7410-462: The surface system (buses and, until 1956 street cars). A major goal of the formation of the NYCTA was to remove transit policy, and especially the setting of the transit fare, from City politics. The fare was increased to fifteen cents on July 25, 1953, and a token was introduced for paying subway and elevated fares. Bus and trolley fares continued to be paid by cash only. In July 1953, the NYCTA proposed spending $ 1,065,000,000 over six years, expanding
7505-449: The system's yards are used for off-peak storage, whereas some have inspection facilities where basic routine maintenance is carried out. Of these yards, rolling stock are assigned to seven A Division yards and seven B Division yards. Within the yards are 14 maintenance facilities, whereas two yards (207th Street and Coney Island) perform major overhaul and car rebuilding work. Download coordinates as: The A Division 's yards consist of
7600-472: The system, located at 4570 Furman Avenue in the Wakefield section of the North Bronx, and is home to the R142s assigned to the 2 . There is also considerable fleet interoperability with the 5 , as 5 trains are based out of the nearby East 180th Street Yard and share a similarly-sized fleet. 5 trains use the upper portion of the yard for off-peak storage. Opened in 1916, it is one of the oldest yards in
7695-534: The system. Ten cars are inspected each day as part of preventative scheduled maintenance. A wheel truing machine was installed here to minimize damage to rail cars and tracks caused by flat wheels. This shop was also used as a facility to retrofit all R26s, R28s, R29s, R33s (except single unit Worlds Fair cars) and R36s (both Mainline and Worlds Fair types) married pairs IRT type cars with the installation of new Stone-Safety 10 ton Air Conditioning systems between 1976 and 1981. Also, during this period, all cars assigned to
7790-444: The table". Feinberg also spoke in favor of hazard pay for front-line workers. In April 2020, four City Council members requested that subway service be temporarily suspended due to the spread of COVID-19 in the subway system. Also that April, Feinberg called the MTA "the most aggressive transit agency in the country in acting quickly and decisively to protect our workforce". By April 22, 2020, COVID-19 had killed 83 agency employees;
7885-481: The transit union that there would be a fine of $ 1 million for each day the TA is shut down. Also for each day the workers missed during the strike they would be fined two days' pay. Ultimately, the Judge fined the union $ 2.5 million, charged employees two days' wages for every day they were out on strike, and imposed individual fines on the union's officers. Most significantly, the courts indefinitely suspended
7980-464: The yard went into service. 40°50′33″N 73°52′22″W / 40.84250°N 73.87278°W / 40.84250; -73.87278 ( East 180th Street Yard ) The Jerome Yard , or Mosholu Yard, is located at 3191 Jerome Avenue in the Jerome Park neighborhood of the Bronx . The yard was built in 1925. Five tracks went into service in the yard on February 7, 1923. This yard
8075-591: The yard, where they continued into the West Side Main Line . The inspection shed was lengthened to fit ten-car trains in Fiscal Year 1910. On September 9, 1958 the Transit Authority announced that it was planning to abandon the Lenox Avenue Shops. All IRT and IND repairs would then be done at the 207th Street Shops by June 1959. The TA estimated that this would result in a saving of $ 1 million a year. Formerly extending between 147th and 150th Streets, in
8170-484: The yard. The yard is surrounded by a wall and covered by a parking deck used by residents of the Tracey Towers housing complex. The yard has four inspection tracks, one utility track and 18 layup tracks. Trains are washed at the nearby Concourse Yard. 40°52′44″N 73°53′16″W / 40.87889°N 73.88778°W / 40.87889; -73.88778 ( Jerome Yard ) Lenox Yard , formerly
8265-565: Was 60 percent complete in June 1910, and was estimated to be completed by January 1, 1911. The inspection shed went into service on May 1, 1911. The yard and shops are entirely on an elevated structure. There is no car washer at this yard; the trains occasionally go to the 239th Street or Westchester Yard to be washed, but they usually go to the nearby 207th Street Yard instead. Ten cars undergo 10,000 mile SMS inspections per day, since their entire fleet has been unitized into five-car sets. As part of
8360-424: Was built in 1926 on former marshlands that, along with Coney Island Creek , used to separate Coney Island from the main body of Brooklyn. Much of this land had originally been proposed for use as a ship canal and port facility. A car washing machine was installed in the yard at the end of 1964. Regular scheduled maintenance is performed here for a fleet of nearly 800 cars of R46s , R68s , R68As , serving
8455-589: Was demolished and replaced by a new, modern shop. With more track mileage to cover and tighter spacing between trains as part of CBTC implementation on the Flushing Line, the MTA announced plans to expand the yard with a second loop and six layup tracks, which would be located on the former right of way of the Long Island Rail Road's Whitestone Branch. Plans for this expansion are on an indefinite hold, however. 40°45′10″N 73°50′46″W / 40.75278°N 73.84611°W / 40.75278; -73.84611 ( Corona Yard ) The East 180th Street Yard
8550-515: Was demolished in 1950; the redundant 180th Street–Bronx Park station was closed down and demolished two years later. In addition to serving Manhattan Elevated Railway cars, it was also used to service cars assigned to the 2 and 5 routes. The Westchester Yard , also known as the Pelham Yard, is located in the Bronx and has 45 layup tracks. The yard maintains and stores the R62As used on
8645-421: Was developed and is maintained by NYC Transit and its outside vendor, Trapeze Group . It is accessed through the MTA website. Similar to MapQuest, which offers driving directions, TripPlanner provides search fields for starting address and destination address, and allows end users to navigate the complexity of the subway and bus system by narrowing their options to subway, local bus or express bus only, minimizing
8740-470: Was elected as the agency's chairman at the authority's first meeting. The new Transit Authority was modeled after the existing Port of New York Authority which now calls itself the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority , the latter of which is also now part of the MTA. At this time, the city government leased the IRT, BMT, and IND subway lines and
8835-551: Was expanded between 1946 and 1949 and the scope of the project included a new signal tower, signal installations, and the elimination of the grade crossings between the yard and the Pelham Line north of the Westchester Square station. All of these projects would allow for sped up main line service and train movements in and out of the yard. The grade separation allowed trains to enter Westchester Yard without crossing
8930-432: Was hired to assume the role on a permanent basis. When Davey left in June 2024, Demetrius Crichlow took over as interim president; Crichlow became the official president on October 23, 2024. The subway system today is composed of what once were three separate systems in competition with one another. Two of them were built and operated by private companies: August Belmont 's Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and
9025-517: Was little interest in Queens. In April 1955, laws were passed by the New York State legislature to change the NYCTA into a three-member salaried panel to become in effect on July 1, 1955. This allowed its members to devote their full-time to managing New York's transit system. As part of this law, the provision that required surface operations to be sold was removed. The Chairman of the NYCTA then became Charles Patterson. One major problem that
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