Ex-BMT/IND/IRT Line Designations

The old BMT, IRT, and IND designations no longer appear on subway maps or in most stations. Which current lines were part of which old system?

• 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,9, Grand Central Shuttle: IRT

• A: IND from 207th Street to the tunnel portal between Grant Avenue and 80th Street/Hudson Street. Elevated section from 80th Street/Hudson Street to Lefferts Blvd. former BMT Fulton Street elevated line. This portion of the Fulton el was connected to the IND in 1956. The whole Rockaway line, which branches at Rockaway Blvd was built by the Long Island Rail Road, and became a subway line in 1956.

• B: IND from 205th Street to Broadway-Lafayette. BMT from the Manhattan Bridge to Coney Island. The Chrystie Street connector (which includes Grand Street station) built by the MTA after unification opened in 1967 connecting the two portions. The B runs part of the day to 21st Street-Queensbridge, built after unification and not part of either the former IND or BMT.

• C: IND from 168th Street to Euclid Ave.

• D: IND from 205th Street to Broadway-Lafayette. BMT from the Manhattan Bridge to Coney Island. The Chrystie Street connector (which includes Grand Street station) built by the MTA after unification opened in 1967 connecting the two portions.

• E: IND from Van Wyck Blvd. to World Trade Center. The section between Jamaica/Van Wyck and Parsons/Archer was built after unification and opened in 1988.

• F: IND from 179th to Church Ave. tunnel portal. BMT from Ditmas Ave. to Coney Island. The BMT portion of the route, known as the "Culver Line", was connected to the IND line in 1954. The Culver Line formerly connected to the West End line at 9th Ave. via a no-longer-existing elevated structure. The Ditmas Avenue-9th Avenue section operated as the "Culver Shuttle" until its abandonment in 1975.

• G: IND along entire length.

• J/Z: BMT from 121st St. to Broad Street. The section between 121st St and Parsons/Archer was built after unification and opened in 1988.

• L: BMT along entire length.

• M: BMT along entire length.

• N: BMT along entire length. The line between Queensboro Plaza and Astoria, and the portion of the #7 between Queensboro Plaza and Main St. Flushing were jointly operated by the BMT and the IRT until 1948.

• Q: IND from 47th-50th Streets to Broadway-Lafayette. BMT from Manhattan Bridge to Brighton Beach. The Chrystie Street connector (which includes Grand Street station) built by the MTA after unification opened in 1967 connecting the two portions. The section north of 47-50th St. to 57th St. opened in 1968, after the divisons were eliminated, but can be certainly considered IND. The section between 57th St. and 21st St-Queensbridge was opened in 1989.

• R: BMT from 60th Street Tunnel to 95th Street. The "11th Street Connector", which connects the BMT tunnel to the IND Queens Boulevard line, opened in 1955 and was the second of the inter-divisional connections to open.

• S (Franklin Shuttle): BMT along entire length.