![]() ![]() After the end of BMT/IRT dual service, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that the Flushing Line platforms would be lengthened to 11 IRT car lengths, and the BMT Astoria Line platforms extended to 10 BMT car lengths. On October 17, 1949, the joint BMT/IRT operation of the Flushing Line ended, and the Flushing Line became the responsibility of the IRT. and the BMT from Queensboro Plaza at 11:09 a.m., continuing until 8 p.m. ![]() Express service to Main Street began from Times Square for the IRT at 10:50 a.m. Express service to Manhattan operated in the morning rush between 6:30 and 10:43 a.m. The running time between Main Street and Queensboro Plaza was 15 minutes and the running time between Main Street and Times Square was 27 minutes. IRT expresses ran every nine minutes between Main Street and Times Square, with BMT expresses having a similar frequency, running just between Main Street and Queensboro Plaza. The first train left Main Street at 6:30 a.m. Introduction of express service Įxpress trains began running on April 24, 1939, to serve the 1939 New York World's Fair. The Times Square to Flushing route became known as the 7. The IRT routes were given numbered designations in 1948 with the introduction of "R-type" rolling stock, which contained rollsigns with numbered designations for each service. The service on the Flushing Line east of Queensboro Plaza was shared by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) from 1912 to 1949 BMT trains were designated 9, while IRT services were designated 7 on maps only. The eastern extension to Flushing–Main Street opened on January 21, 1928. : 13 Though an eastward extension to Willets Point Boulevard opened on May 7 of the same year, : 13 service was provided by shuttle trains for the first week, until through service was inaugurated. : 4 The line was extended to Times Square almost exactly a year later, on March 14, 1927. On March 22, 1926, Flushing Line service was extended one stop westward from Grand Central to Fifth Avenue, when that portion of the Flushing Line was opened. Service to 111th Street was inaugurated on October 13, 1925, with shuttle service running between 111th Street, and the previous terminal at Alburtis Avenue on the Manhattan-bound track. The line was opened from Queensboro Plaza to Alburtis Avenue (now 103rd Street–Corona Plaza) on April 21, 1917. On November 5, 1916, the Flushing Line was extended two more stops east to the Queensboro Plaza station. The Flushing Line was extended one stop from Vernon–Jackson Avenue to Hunters Point Avenue on February 15, 1916. On June 13, 1915, the first test train on the IRT Flushing Line ran between Grand Central and Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue, followed by the start of revenue service on June 22. For the history of the trackage, see IRT Flushing Line § History. ![]()
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