IRT New Lots Line
| New Lots Line | |
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 The 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains serve the entire IRT New Lots Line. |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Rapid transit |
| System | New York City Subway |
| Status | Operating |
| Locale | Brooklyn |
| Termini | Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road New Lots Avenue |
| Stations | 7 |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1920-1922 |
| Owner | City of New York |
| Operator(s) | New York City Transit Authority |
| Character | Elevated |
| Technical | |
| No. of tracks | 2-3 |
| Track gauge | 1,435mm (4ft 8½ inches) |
| Electrification | 600V DC third rail |
The New Lots Line or Livonia Avenue Line is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn. It is the only elevated structure on the Brooklyn IRT. The line begins just east of Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, and continuing to New Lots Avenue in New Lots, Brooklyn.[1][2][3] The line is served mainly by the 3 train at all times except late nights when the 4 train takes over service. Some limited rush hour 2 and 5 trains also run on this line because of space limitations at the Nostrand Avenue segment south of Franklin Avenue on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line.
The line includes an unused trackway in the middle for a third track. On the roof of the mezzanines at each station are cross ties but no rails. In some areas the space is used for mechanical and signal rooms. A track only exists in the middle at Junius Street, where it crosses the southbound track at grade towards the Linden Shops. This un-electrified track is one of only two connections to the national rail system. (The BMT West End Line is the other.) The Linden Shops are connected to the Long Island Rail Road and from there the rest of the nation rail system. There are plans to renovate the elevated part, including new mezzanines and stairs.
[edit] History
This line was built as a part of the Dual Contracts. The 2 and 3 trains kept on switching their southern terminals until 1983, when the 2 went to Flatbush Avenue and the 3 went to New Lots Avenue.
[edit] Station listing
| Station service legend | |
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Stops all times except late nights |
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Stops late nights only |
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Stops rush hours only |
| Time period details | |
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Station | Services | Opened | Transfers and notes | |
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Begins as continuation of IRT Eastern Parkway Line local tracks (2  3  4  5 ) |
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| Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road | 2 3 4 5 |
December 24, 1920 | |||
| Saratoga Avenue | 2 3 4 5 |
December 24, 1920 | |||
| Rockaway Avenue | 2 3 4 5 |
December 24, 1920 | |||
| Junius Street | 2 3 4 5 |
December 24, 1920 | |||
| connecting track to Linden Shops (non-electrified) | |||||
| Pennsylvania Avenue | 2 3 4 5 |
December 24, 1920 | |||
| Van Siclen Avenue | 2 3 4 5 |
October 16, 1922 | |||
| New Lots Avenue | 2 3 4 5 |
October 16, 1922 | Terminal B15 bus to JFK Airport |
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| Connecting tracks to Livonia Yard | |||||
[edit] References
- ^ Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2005 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan 2005–2008, Section VII: MTA Capital Program InformationPDF (91.7 KiB): shows Utica Avenue on "EPK" and Sutter Avenue on "NLT"
- ^ Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2005 Final Proposed Budget - November Financial Plan 2005–2008, Section VI: MTA Capital Program InformationPDF (1.02 MiB): "Sutter Avenue Portal to end"
- ^ In a 1981 list of "most deteriorated subway stations", the MTA listed Borough Hall and Court Street stations as part of the New Lots Line:
New York Times, Agency Lists Its 69 Most Deteriorated Subway Stations, June 11, 1981, section B, page 5
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