J / Z subway line (New York City)
Nassau Street Express |
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Map of New York with the J and Z lines
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Not all stations shown. |
The J and Z lines of the New York City Subway connect the Financial District in Manhattan with Jamaica in Queens . The lines have a brown identifier.
course
The lines begin on Broad Street , run under Nassau Street north to the level of Williamsburg Bridge , then turn east and cross the East River with it . In Brooklyn follow J and Z on an elevated train the Broadway and Fulton Street before on Jamaica Avenue , the Jamaica Station reached in Queens.
Line J trains skip some stops during rush hour between Sutphin Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue, which are served by Line Z during this time. Between Myrtle Avenue and Marcy Avenue, line J runs in the morning without stopping, and in the afternoon without stopping. The Z line operates only during rush hour and does not serve the stations between Myrtle Avenue and Marcy Avenue. On the weekends, only line J runs, which then serves all stations.
vehicles
In October 2019, 20 trains were used on the two lines during the morning rush hour. The trains consisted of two four-part railcars from the R160 and R179 series . The subway cars date from the 2000s and 2010s. Siemens and Alstom built the R160 wagons, Bombardier the R179 wagons. All railcars have a drive with IGBT - inverter and AC induction motors .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b New York City Subway with airport and railroad connections. (pdf) MTA, February 2020, accessed on March 28, 2020 .
- ↑ a b J Nassau Street Express. MTA (English).
- ↑ a b Z Nassau Street Express. MTA (English).
- ↑ Subdivision B car assignement . In: Electric Railroaders Association (Ed.): The Bulletin . tape 62 , no. October 10 , 2019, p. 16 ( erausa.org [PDF; accessed March 31, 2020]).