IND Second Avenue Line

Station 96th Street to open soon

The planned route in the subway network plan

Route length:

13.7 km

Gauge :

1435 mm ( standard gauge )

Legend


		125th Street IRT Lexington Avenue Line
		Sidings and supplies for later extension to the Bronx
		116th Street
		106th Street
		96th Street since January 2017
		86th Street since January 2017
		72nd Street since January 2017
		to the IND 63rd Avenue Line
		IND / BMT 63rd Avenue Lines
		BMT Broadway Line
		55th Street IND Queens Boulevard Line
		42nd Street IRT Flushing Line
		34th Street
		23rd Street
		14th Street BMT Canarsie Line
		Houston Street IND Sixth Avenue Line
		Chrystie Street Connection to Williamsburg Bridge
		BMT Nassau Street Line
		Grand Street Chrystie Street Connection to Manhattan Bridge
		BMT Broadway Line to Manhattan Bridge
		Chatham Square
		Seaport
		IND Eighth Avenue Line
		IRT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line
		Hanover Square

The IND Second Avenue Line (also known as Second Avenue Subway of the "Independent Subway System" [IND] , SAS ) is a mostly under construction subway line of the New York City Subway under the avenue of the same name in Manhattan . The first section of this line, which has been under construction since 2007, went into operation at midnight on January 1, 2017. The route represents the first major expansion of the New York subway network in almost five decades.

The Second Avenue Subway is a replacement for the earlier elevated IRT Second Avenue and IRT Third Avenue Lines , which were dismantled shortly before and shortly after the Second World War . After the parallel route of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line (lines 4 , 5 and 6 ) had since been loaded with 1.3 million passengers daily, the construction of a new subway route along Second Avenue had long been planned. Due to tight finances and other difficulties, construction could only begin almost 50 years after the old elevated railways were closed.

The project was divided into four construction phases, phase 1 from 96th Street to 72nd Street and further via a previously unused connecting tunnel to the BMT Broadway Line . In phase 2, the route in the north is to be extended to 125th Street , where there will be a connection to said IRT Lexington Avenue Line. Phases 3 and 4 include an extension of the route along the east side of the peninsula to Hanover Square in Lower Manhattan ; however, these extensions have not yet been approved for funding. Phase 1 incurred costs of approximately $ 4.5 billion.

history

The line was first proposed in 1919. In 1929, the line was planned as a six-track trunk line with long branches in the suburbs as part of the second construction phase of the urban “Independent Subway System” (IND). However, the global economic crisis prevented construction, at the latest when the USA in World War II, the plan was postponed. After further attempts (including 1944, 1951), construction was decided in 1962 and began on October 27, 1972 with the laying of the foundation stone at the intersection of Second Avenue and East 103rd Street. After three years there was a construction freeze because the city had meanwhile great financial difficulties. After a hesitant start at the beginning of the 1990s, options were examined from 1995 onwards to improve the traffic on the east side of Manhattan. The favored variant included a new subway route from 125th Street to 63rd Street (today's phases 1 and 2). In 2003, the planning of a route to the southern part of the peninsula began. In 2007 the route was again firmly decided; the first phase was originally supposed to be completed in 2012. According to statements from 2014, all phases should be completed in 2029.

Operating concept

When the first phase went into operation in January 2017, the Q Broadway Express subway line was relocated from Coney Island to Second Avenue and has been running to 96th Street ever since . The branch to Astoria has therefore been served by the reintroduced W Broadway Local line since November 7, 2016 . For Phase 2, Line Q will be extended to 125th Street . Upon completion of phases 3 and 4, a new line T Second Avenue Local is to be introduced, which will serve the northern section (together with line Q) and the new southern routes.

Artistic design

A series of murals by the artist Vik Muniz entitled Perfect Strangers has been installed at Station 72nd Street . They are life-size portraits of real people, including a gay couple holding hands.