A Division (New York City Subway)

The A Division, also known as the IRT Division, is a division of the New York City Subway, consisting of the lines operated with services designated by numbers (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) and the 42nd Street Shuttle. These lines and services were operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company before the 1940 city takeover. A Division cars are narrower, shorter, and lighter than those of the B Division, measuring 8.6 by 51 feet (2.62 by 15.54 m).

List of lines

The following lines are part of the A Division (services shown in parentheses; lines with colors next to them are trunk lines):

•   IRT 42nd Street Shuttle (S  train)
•   IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (1  ​2  ​3  trains)
• IRT Dyre Avenue Line (5  train)
• IRT Eastern Parkway Line (2  ​3  ​4  ​5  trains)
•   IRT Flushing Line (7  <7> ​ trains)
• IRT Jerome Avenue Line (4  ​5  trains)
• IRT Lenox Avenue Line (2  ​3  trains)
•   IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4  ​5  ​6  <6> trains)
• IRT New Lots Line (2  ​3  ​4  ​5  trains)
• IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (2  ​5  trains)
• IRT Pelham Line (6  <6> ​ trains)
• IRT White Plains Road Line (2  ​5  trains)

Service history

Numbers were assigned to subway services in 1948:

The 42nd Street Shuttle and Bowling Green–South Ferry Shuttle also provided subway services, and elevated service remained on the Third Avenue Line and Polo Grounds Shuttle.

See also

• B Division (New York City Subway)
• Interborough Rapid Transit Company
• New York City Subway

References