8 (New York City Subway service)
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- For the former BMT service, see BMT 8.
Astoria Line
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Tracks opened over the Queensboro Bridge on July 23, 1917, allowing elevated trains of the IRT Second Avenue Line to operate to Queensborough Plaza and then over either the Astoria or Corona line. Once this link opened, all elevated trains went to Astoria, and all subway trains to Corona, but this was modified by 1923, with both divisions running on each line. On March 22, 1926, the Queensborough Line (and Astoria service) was extended west to Fifth Avenue-Bryant Park, and it was completed west to Times Square-42nd Street on March 14, 1927.
BMT shuttles (coincidentally also labeled 8) began using the Astoria Line on April 8, 1923, with a transfer to their Broadway Line at Queensborough Plaza. This joint operation ended on October 17, 1949, and all IRT trains started operating to Flushing (where the Corona Line had been extended in 1928) and all BMT trains operated to Astoria. The numbers were only publicly used starting in 1948, so the public only knew the Astoria Line's IRT services as the 8 for about a year.
Third Avenue Line
|} When the Chrystie Street Connection opened in late 1967, the TA assigned labels to all services. The only remaining IRT elevated line, the IRT Third Avenue Line in the Bronx, was too long to be a shuttle, so was assigned the number 8, unused since 1949. This service, running between 149th Street and Gun Hill Road, last ran on April 28, 1973, when the Third Avenue Line closed. The 8 bullet was only marked on maps and station signs, never on cars. Cars instead displayed SHUTTLE and the destination.[link]Present status
Current rollsigns have an 8 (as well as a 10 and a 12) in a green circle, the same color as the 4, 5 and 6 and the diamond services of the 5 and 6. See Unused New York City Subway service labels for more information.8 is currently the internal designation used by NYCT Rapid Transit Operations to refer to the IRT 42nd Street Shuttle.
See also
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| Services | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E F G J L M N Q R V W Z |
| Shuttles (S) | 42nd Street • Franklin Avenue • Rockaway Park |
| Unused/defunct | 8 9 10 11 12 13 H K NX P T U X Y • JFK Express BMT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Shuttles: 63rd Street • Bowling Green • Culver • Grand Street • Other |
| Divisions | IRT • BMT • IND (Second System) |
| Lists | Inter-division connections • Inter-division transfers • Lines • Services • Stations • Terminals • Yards |
| Miscellaneous | Accessibility • Chaining • Dual Contracts • History • Nomenclature • Rolling stock |
| Other transit in NYC | AirTrain JFK • Amtrak • LIRR • Metro-North • NJ Transit • PATH • Roosevelt Island Tramway • Staten Island Railway |
References
- New Astoria Line Opened, New York Times February 2, 1917 page 14
- Subway Link over Queensboro Bridge, New York Times July 22, 1917 page 31
- Additional Subway Service to Borough of Queens, New York Times April 8, 1923 page RE1
- Fifth Av. Station of Subway Opened, New York Times March 23, 1926 page 29
- New Queens Subway Opened to Times Sq., New York Times March 15, 1927 page 1
- Direct Subway Runs to Flushing, Astoria, New York Times October 15, 1949 page 17
- Third Ave. El Reaches the End of Its Long, Blighted, Nostalgic Line, New York Times April 29, 1973 page 24
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