I've been watching some "How To" videos about using the subway in NYC, I've seen some references to subway lines having "names", as opposed to their identifier like as 1,2,3,A,B,E, etc.
I know that some of the names are actually used and appear on signage, like the "Shuttle" between Times Sq/42 and Grand Central, and the "Broadway Express", but I've also seen videos that use terms like "the Lexington Avenue Line", or "IRT".
I've skimmed the Wikipedia article about the subway history, and am aware of the old historical subway systems and lines like IRT, BRT, BMT, etc. but wondering if any of those names/identifiers are used today by the daily users, especially from the point of view of a visitor to New York. Can a visitor rely solely on the number/letter identifiers - the E train, the Six train, etc.
IRT Lexington Avenue Line (my favorite subway line) is having track and switch replacement work done just south of Grand Central-42nd St from August 10th to 31st. Nothing to worry or fret about because we can get through this. Please enjoy this blogpost and another one is coming this weekend. Its a special.
https://transportationhub.blogspot.com/2020/08/major-switch-replacement-work-comes-to.html
The [Wikipedia article for 103 St](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/103rd_Street_(IND_Eighth_Avenue_Line)) says:
>The IRT Lenox Avenue Line passes underneath this station [...]
Whereas /u/vanshnookenraggen's map shows the opposite.
I live in a state that is geographically surrounded by anti suppressor states. There is literally no way to leave the state lines without hitting an illegal suppressor state. (NY, RI, and MA) If I would like to travel to a suppressor legal state, how can I possibly bring my can with me? Would I have to do an FFL-FFL transfer? Since I can travel to other states with a firearm without stopping otherwise, would that be acceptable for a can as well so long as I have my paperwork? The plan is to head up to Maine or New Hampshire in order to hang with some friends.
Again, sorry if this has been asked before but I’ve heard conflicting opinions.
Start at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRT_Flushing_Line, make your way to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS, then end up at Hitler. No geography or time period related things.
Phase 3 of SAS would interrupt this balance with the introduction of the turquoise 'T'.
Some people have raised about the potential problems of the Second Avenue Line above 72nd Street having only two tracks when the Q merges with the T, meaning a disproportionately lower frequency of trains running in the much busier sections of Midtown and Lower Manhattan in the future.
One temporary solution I could think of would be to have two extra terminating tracks at the future 55th Street Station, just south of the merge with the Q. This means that south of this station, T trains could still run at higher frequencies. Some trains would terminate and turnover at 55th, while the remaining trains would go on uptown to merge with the Q, hence the only frequency imbalance would be the portion between 55th and 72nd. However this would be a very inefficient and clunky system in the long run.
A long term solution could somehow involve integrating the line below 55th Street with one of the orange BDFM trains, before having it merge back with the line at Grand Street. But the logistics of planning and rerouting those trains is beyond my brain capacity and I'm not entirely sure how it could work out without gravely affecting another line's frequency.
Here is a map for reference.
What are your thoughts?
IRT Lexington Avenue Line (my favorite subway line) is having track and switch replacement work done just south of Grand Central-42nd St from August 10th to 31st. Nothing to worry or fret about because we can get through this. Please enjoy this blogpost and another one is coming this weekend. Its a special.
https://transportationhub.blogspot.com/2020/08/major-switch-replacement-work-comes-to.html
