L line (New York City)

14th Street - Canarsie Local
Course of the line L
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
8 ave IND Eighth Avenue Line 14 Street / 7 Avenue IRT Broadway (Seventh Avenue Line) 6 ave IND Sixth Avenue Line (Transition to 14 St / 7 Av and PATH ) 14 Street PATH Port Authority Trans-Hudson 0 BMT Broadway Line 14th Street / Union Square IRT Lexington Avenue Line 3rd Ave 0 IND Second Avenue Line 1st Ave 14th Street Tunnel ( East River ) Bedford Ave Metropolitan Avenue IND Crosstown Line Lorimer Street (Transition to Metropolitan Av) Graham Avenue Grand Street Montrose Avenue Morgan Avenue Jefferson Street DeKalb Avenue Myrtle – Wyckoff Avenues BMT Myrtle Avenue Line Halsey Street Wilson Avenue Bushwick Avenue –Aberdeen Street East New York Yard Broadway Junction BMT Jamaica Line Broadway Junction 0 IND Fulton Street Line East New York 0 LIRR Atlantic Branch Atlantic Avenue Sutter Avenue 0 IRT New Lots Line Livonia Avenue Former connection to LIRR Linden Shops New Lots Avenue East 105th Street Canarsie - Rockaway Parkway Canarie Yard Flatlands Avenue Avenue L Canarsie Pier Jamaica Bay

The L or 14th Street  - Canarsie Local is a subway line on the New York City Subway . The sign is light gray in the stations and on the official subway map as it uses the BMT Canarsie Line through Manhattan .

The L operates 24/7 between 8th Avenue in Manhattan and Canarsie , Brooklyn . It always runs as a local, because firstly there are no express tracks and it is the only line that uses the BMT Canarsie Line. That's why it's the only normal line in New York.

Therefore it is often used as a guinea pig for new techniques, such as: B. OPTO (One Person Train Operation), display boards with waiting times in real time or CBTC (Computer Based Train Control).

Line names

time	designation	comment
1928-1967	16	BMT number
1967-1979		2 letters = local line
1979-1985		According to the new color scheme
1979 - today		After abolishing the double letters

Operational flow

The operational sequence of the line is shown here in detail:

route	From	To	Working useless te The same se	Operating times
				All without night	Late at night	Peak hours
BMT Canarsie Line (total route)	8th Ave	Canarsie Rockaway Pkwy	All

Impending "shutdown" when repairing the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy

In 2012, the tunnel was flooded and severely damaged by Hurricane Sandy . The original plan was to completely renovate the damaged cables and cable ducts from spring 2019. For this, the route should be closed for 15 months, which led to the resentment of many New Yorkers, as the route is used by around 400,000 people daily. In early January 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that an alternative plan was being developed that would allow the route to be closed only at night and on weekends. This plan provides for the laying of the cables and partial renovation of the cable ducts. Sensors are supposed to monitor the integrity of the cable ducts.

Web links

• Operator's website
• Unofficial private page
• Timetable

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MTA | Press Release | NYC Transit | MTA Announces L Train Shutdown Averted. Retrieved January 4, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Emma G. Fitzsimmons: Full Shutdown of L Train Is Halted by Cuomo . In: The New York Times . January 3, 2019, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed January 4, 2019]).