Description:

Line R in New York'ssubway (the 4th Avenue line, the Broadway line, both former BMT), plus a part of the Queens Boulevard line (former IND), for the class R36 subway train. Line R, of which all is below surface, is a long line beginning at Bay Ridge/95th Street in Brooklyn, going via Manhattan to Forest Hills/71 Avenue in Queens.

Creator:

Robert Morris rmorris@si.rr.com

Alt.:

Towards Queens

Vehicle:

R-36 Redbird

Line description:

The real world line R at the web site www.nycsubway.org:
Everything on the 4th Avenue line
Everything on the Broadway line.
Everything on the Queens Boulevard line.
Track map over the southern part of thle line in Brooklyn (yellow tracks at the map northwards from 95th Street to 45th Street and further northwards)
Track map over the center part of the line in Brooklyn (yellow tracks at the map northwards from 36th Street to Union Street)
Track map over the northern part of the line in Brooklyn (yellow tracks at the map northwards to Pacific Street, then to DeKalb Avenue and then westwards via Lawrence Street to Montague Street Tunnels)
Track map over the southern part of the line at Manhattan (yellow tracks at the map westwards from Montague Street Tunnels to Whitehall Street and then northwards to 14th Street/Union Square)
Track map of northern part of the line on Manhattan (yellow tracks at the map northwards from 14th Street/Union Square to 57th Street, then eastwards to Lexington Avenue and further on eastwards)
Track map over the western part of the line in Queens (yellow tracks at the map eastwards from 60th Street Tunnels directly to Queens Plaza, then northwards via Steinway Street, from ther eastwards to Roosevelt Avenue/Jackson Heights and further on)
Track map of the eastern part of the line in Queens (green tracks on the map from Elmhurst Avenue and eastwards to 71 Continental Avenue/Forest Hills)

Misc.:

Last update of this directory entry:

2009-Nov-2-