Subway Line A (New York City)
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Geographical plan of New York with the A
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Only nodes and end points are shown. Stations in bold are served at all times of the day. |
Line A is a line of the New York City Subway and runs from Inwood-207 Street in Harlem via the IND Eighth Avenue Line , IND Fulton Street Line and IND Rockaway Line and to Far Rockaway -Mott Avenue , Rockaway Park / Beach 116 Street ( only during rush hour ) or Ozone Park-Lefferts Boulevard .
Line A runs most of the day as an express train that only stops at selected stations. It shares most of its route with Line C , which serves all stops on the route. Where it runs alone on its route and at night the A stops at all stations on the route.
Due to its main route under Eighth Avenue , it has the line identification color blue and is also known as the 8 Avenue Express (or 8 Avenue Local at night ).
At night, Line A trains only run to Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue . Shuttle trains then run on the branch to Lefferts Boulevard . At peak times, however, some trains also run to Rockaway Park / Beach 116 Street , these trains are marked with the diamond
symbol.
The trunk route between Harlem and Far Rockaway is the longest continuous subway connection from New York.
The jazz standard Take the “A” Train from 1939 refers to the railway line .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New York City Subway with bus and railroad connections. (PDF) web.mta.info, accessed on March 26, 2015 .
- ^ MTA / New York City Transit Subway Line Information. web.mta.info, accessed March 26, 2015 .